A long time passed before the rain stopped.

过了很久，雨才停了下来。

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Then a long time passed without any particular mention of Peter Gause.

很长时间人们都没有提到彼得·高斯。

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A long time passed, and people said to each other — "I wonder if there is a church out in the wood?"

过了好长一段时间，人们开始互相传说：“我不知道，树林里会不会有一个教堂？”

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Apparently, a long time has passed.

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So the OIC has been promoting this UN resolution to get the ten year plan passed for a long time.

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Congress should have passed a bill a long time ago to put thousands of construction workers back on the job rebuilding our roads and our bridges and our runways.

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