It was a long time since Missus Sommers had been fitted with gloves.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

So I gave you some numbers I made up actually a long time ago, but since I've been using this game in class, somebody went out and checked.

我列举的数字都是我很久前编出来的,在我需要在课上引用数字的时候就有了,有人还为此做了调查

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

It's been a really long time since I have personally followed basketball.

我个人看篮球真的已经很久了。

现场观看篮球赛 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"It's a big deal. How big a deal you have to measure piece by piece but clearly it is the first major change in our health care system since nineteen sixty-five so that's a long time coming."

VOA: special.2010.03.27