It was long before I'd discovered I'd prefer a hairdresser to Christopher Atkins.

此前很久，我就发现自己更喜欢克里斯托弗斯·阿特金斯(Christopher Atkins)那样的发型。

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It was not long before I realized the enormity of my faux pas.

没过多久我就发现了我有多么的失礼。

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It was a long time before the cleanup was finished.

过了好久才清理完毕。

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As president, it was not long before he got into trouble in the battles of politics and government.

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I mean it's understandable-- this was before 1879 which was when Red Cliff was founded, and long before Harvard became co-ed.

这是可以理解的-,那是1879年之前，雷德克利夫学院还没成立，远在哈佛成为男女合校之前。

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The majority of Englishmen were calling for the return of their nation's rightful monarch. It wasn't long before the revolution failed and the Stuart monarchy was restored.

大部分英国人都在呼吁国家的,合法君主归位，不久,革命失败了，斯图亚特王朝复辟。

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"Billy sent me a telegram - it was long before the days of emails!"

BBC: Surrey - Presenter profile: Dave Cash

Actually, it was long before now.

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Because while the drug was taken off the market in the early 1960s as a cure for nausea, it was not long before researchers found it was remarkably effective in treating other conditions.

BBC: Thalidomide: a curse and a blessing?