Use "long ago" in a sentence

1. all indicating that a couple had breakfast long ago before they left one morning, never to return

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2. A little-used mop stands in a bucket of dirty water in the center of the floor as if it were long ago forgotten there

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3. Estwig had stopped running, if it was a meteor it would have landed long ago

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4. She wondered how long she had been suspended, looked at the date, 2423! It had been a hundred and forty five years! Gordon's Lamp should have been back to Sol long ago

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5. Glenelle had to admit that even though Ava did her best to make the war back at Sol sound exciting, it seemed long ago and far away compared to the adjustments she had to face, being a clone and her whole time had been turned into a fantasy realm

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6. That was so long ago, over two hundred and eighty years since this ship was launched, over eighty it had lain here with Ava's asteroid in the stasis point between the planet and its little inner moon

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7. doing not want to know more of this long agony

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8. He felt a pang that it was impossible for him to ever meet this woman in the flesh and Ava had told him long ago that the androids of 2175 did not have functional sex organs

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9. told him of the Goddess who had come to live with the Mortal long ago

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10. Vyinga understood how long ago she'd had her adventure, knew that by now it seemed that she'd no more lived it than Vyinga had hers

11. "But it was so long ago I have to read it in my writings to really remember it

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12. All those books would have turned to dust long ago if I hadn’t

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13. "This was a herdsman's camp not that long ago

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14. My aunt and uncle began chatting about the crazy obsession the surfers share for beach life and I knew it wouldn't be long before he'd start hinting that it was about time I learned to swim, even though we had long ago agreed that I would only go with them to a beach as long as I didn't have to go in the sea, which I never did because I hated the water, the salt and the cold, and also I hated being so thin

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15. We still make beautiful decorations on the outside of the houses and flowers grow everywhere like in days long ago

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16. So much had happened to him, so many wonderful things, and he simply couldn't recall conversations from that long ago

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17. And this is my daughter who, until now has shown a remarkable lack of interest in science fiction generally and Star Wars in particular and who, not so very long ago, castigated her brother for being a Star Wars geek

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18. Long ago Tarak had blamed the ancient seer for Serena’s death; he had said things, accusatory and hurtful

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19. Not long ago in Stackton-on-Seam, a town that lies in the folded

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20. recall conversations from that long ago

21. “I don’t feel normal,” she said, “I think I knew that from the start, but look at it this way, even if Tdeshi had not been lost, she would not be the person who left here so long ago

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22. Somewhere in the back of her head, remembered from a time long ago and a place far away, she hears the opening bars of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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23. which it may be said, “Behold, this is new?” It has been long ago, in the ages which were

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24. which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago: and God seeks

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25. long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier

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26. I should have divorced you long ago, like after the accident

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27. envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything

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28. I quickly grab the tissues and scrub my face as Dave stands looking at me, his eyes as despairing as the ones I saw reflected in the mirror not that long ago

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29. “hSkaiya’s; how long ago was that?” he asked

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30. “It did happen so long ago and compared to what she’s accomplished since, the little oversight of Enjteen’s is pretty insignificant

31. been established, and how long ago that had happened

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32. Gehring had given up long ago trying to get him to wear any but his coveralls, whether to town for shopping or church on Sundays

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33. ‘And how long ago would that have been?’ Sergeant Williams asked

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34. Allcock would be in translating my rods into his own commercial ventures, when she made the contract with him so long ago on behalf of your education

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35. It was so long ago and she had tried so hard when this was fresh

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36. 'Not long ago that was true

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37. He enjoyed the countryside scuttling passed the window and had to remind himself that he was viewing the Great Plains roll passed him just the month before; and now, here he was on another train, bound for Paris, in the company of two people he had not met before that last journey seemingly so long ago

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38. She hurried forward with her last argument while her nerve still held, “You told me not long ago that, 'there is nothing which I have done, or do, that is outside your own reach, should you truly wish to grasp it for your own,' Did you really mean that?”

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39. He’d realised long ago that it was

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40. The second was to make good the debt I owe to you on behalf of your own careful fulfillment of that oath you made so long ago, and if possible make you proud in the service of it

41. Then she told her an anecdote George had related to her long ago: “In ancient times there once was a lover of dragons

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42. responsible for that? And it was so long ago, now

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43. ” He spoke at length of the tales and stories she had confided in her charges so long ago

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44. "Remember, when I asked about the reference, every one told me it was a miss print, or it'd been copied wrong – long ago

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45. “They usually have a memory trip start with being born and it’s usually not that long ago, just grown is most common

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46. Year in those long ago days, as well as being the month when the Romans started

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47. The music in here was provided by a group long ago burnt-out and each using one hand to hold onto the rail, except for the lween player who was slumped over the rail motionless

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48. "Thanks, but that seems so long ago now

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49. She would have given this up long ago if she had anything else to occupy her mind

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50. the story I got in that long ago email—about the suicidal nerd and his friend the

51. Long ago he had learned to sense the slightest shift in the grav drive, and could practically determine its velocity by how much it vibrated the hull

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52. A project that was began long ago by the dwarves, the Keepers' Crypt was the resting place of all those who guarded the Seventh World before him

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53. China seems to have been long stationary, and had, probably, long ago acquired that full complement of riches which is consistent with the nature of its laws and institutions

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54. face as he’d left her that morning so long ago and the

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55. "Had that been his intention, Theodorous, I believe he would have done so long ago," Bri Lynn said holding her hood at her side

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56. It is a punishment put on them for something they did so long ago that no star now knows what it was

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57. He remembered that not too long ago, the Wayward Inn used to be such a place

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58. He’d learnt long ago that people weren’t interested in the

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59. "Twasn't so long ago that Fizzicist was flying around on that propellers machine and look what we have now

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60. Down the long agora’s length, the only one remaining was a slave who tested coins, afraid to leave his master’s coffer

61. Their cattle are allowed to wander through the woods and other uncultivated grounds, where they are half-starved; having long ago extirpated almost all the annual grasses, by cropping them too early in the spring, before they had time to form their flowers, or to shed their seeds

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62. So long ago he had almost forgotten

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63. Ostedes had long ago learned to channel rage and pain into psychic power

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64. “He did? That long ago? You really are a clever girl

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65. Time to finish what he started so long ago

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66. The white eyes of the Prince held no fear, only anger and hate for the being who had betrayed him so long ago

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67. Once, long ago, he swore to end this monstrosity

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68. I think that they’d been severed long ago, The Maiden’s Odyssey

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69. Those companies, therefore, had so long ago given all the assistance to the traders and other undertakers of Scotland which it is possible for banks and bankers, consistently with their own interest, to give

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70. “We should have reached it long ago

71. means that I had sank long ago

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72. Most people had changed to iron long ago, but Xolon insisted bronze was stronger than

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73. too long ago, that think was passed on

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74. As for Danny’s family relationship, well, he had been married for 18 years and the honeymoon had ended long ago

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75. “But he passed me on the road not long ago, coming back from Polis

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76. Those residents had long ago tuned out to the much-needed rest stops and tuned in to life in the fast lane

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77. It was like a plague of cockroaches that had gotten out of control long ago, leaving no remedy in the present to quell their ever-increasing numerical growth and geographic expansion

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78. But that was long ago

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79. At one time, so very, very long ago, the space had echoed with Dwarven voices

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80. If anyone knew the location of the Justicars’ headquarters, the mob gangs would have rained fire on it long ago

81. This was a decorative piece, but it was still breathtaking - long ago sculpted by the most adept of hands

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82. And not long ago

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83. Brynjolf, already having been oversaturated with drink not so long ago, merely blinked at the cup and its contents, DRAFT

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84. But whether it does so likewise with regard to that part of its capital for which the receipts are long ago expired, for which, in ordinary and quiet times, it cannot be called upon, and which, in reality, is very likely to remain with it for ever, or as long as the states of the United Provinces subsist, may perhaps appear more uncertain

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85. If he could have, he would have laughed out loud when he thought about the energy and strength he’d used to have not too long ago

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86. That her sword still bore the stubborn blood of those she encountered not too long ago now, those whose blood refused to leave her blade

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87. The founders of two great religions, Christianity and Buddhism, walked among us long ago

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88. How long ago had this message been written? Was she still alive? Did she have children and if so, what had become of them?

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89. “One more thing, actually! There’s also been some rumors that not so long ago, Aquila was here

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90. It had been a pack of entities not long ago, but now it was just two, or was it one? He couldn't be certain

91. This species seems never to have been very nurnerous; and the dogs and cats of the Spaniards are said to have long ago almost entirely extirpated it, as well as some other tribes of a still smaller size

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92. Also, you’ll have long ago forgotten the details of the products you are promoting amid such a lengthy sequence, and you could easily find that they actually conflict with offers and promotions you make in your Broadcast emails

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93. Not long ago he had come to this very stretch of coastline and held it over his head to cast it into the sea

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94. As he walked down the marbled hall, he couldn’t help notice all the ornate decorations of long ago

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95. Great examples of success stories come in the form of two souls who walked the Earth, not too long ago

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96. The same would have happened to the existing beings called the human race, not too long ago

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97. ‘But there was no evidence of the Elusivers having responded so long ago

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98. “Someone’s lived here and not too long ago,” Warlock said, as he stirred the still red embers in the fireplace

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99. of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple

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100. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity