long time

• It is a long time since they left .
  他们走后很久了。
• Your family's been in this mill for a long time .
  你们一家子在这个厂里干了好多年了。
• The population here had cleared out a long time ago .
  这里的居民很久以前就都走光了。
• A bear who had for a long time gained his living by dancing .
  有只熊一直以跳舞为生。
• She had no spirit to dance again for a long time .
  她许久也没能打起精神来，再去跳舞。
• It was a long time before she tumbled to what i mean .
  好长时间她才对我的意思恍然大悟。
• He has n't been here for a long time .
  他老没来。
• It was a long time for james to wait, at his age .
  这要詹姆士等得太长久了，偌大的年纪。
• If that is not the best idea i have heard in a long time !
  很久没听到过这么好的意见了啊！
• He has lived here a long time but has few friends .
  他在这儿住了很长时间，可是没什么朋友。