long time

He took a long time getting to sleep that night .

他那天晚上过了好长时间才睡着。

The traffic took a long time to clear after the accident .

事故过去后很长时间交通才恢复畅通。

I haven 't been here for a long time .

我已很久没来这里了。

It 's a long time since they left .

他们已经离开很久了。

We 've been friends a long time .

我们是老朋友了。

It takes a long time to learn to speak a language well .

学会说好一种语言需要花很长的时间。

These changes have occurred over a long time span .

这些变化经过了很长一段时间才形成。

It took a long time to gain her confidence .

我花了很长的时间才赢得她的信任。

For a long time his death was concealed from her .

他的死瞒了很长时间都没告诉她。

I waited a long time for him to return .

我等他回来等了很长时间。

Knowing Ben , we could be waiting a long time .

本这个人我们了解，能叫我们等很长时间。

He 's been ill a long time .

他生病很久了。

It was a hurt that would take a long time to heal .

那是需要很长时间才能愈合的创伤。

His injuries will take a long time to heal .

他的伤需要很长一段时间才能好。

They walked for a long time and covered a good deal of ground .

他们步行了很长时间，走了好长的一段路。

Her parents died a long time ago .

她的父母很早以前就去世了。

It took me a long time to thread my way through the crowd .

我花了很长时间才从人群中挤过去。

It took a long time for the wounds to heal .

伤口过了很长时间才愈合。

We had to wait a heck of a long time !

我们只好等了很长时间！

The programme is designed to help people who have been out of work for a long time .

这项计划的目的是为长期失业者提供帮助。

It is a long time since he has visited his native Chile .

他很久没有回故乡智利了。

There is a long time lag between when I do the work and when I get paid .

我做工作和领薪水之间相隔很长一段时间。

The marriage had been distinctly dodgy for a long time .

这桩婚姻长期以来明显不和美。

I 'll need to reacquaint myself with this program ─ it 's a long time since I 've used it .

我得再熟悉一下这个程序——我已经很长时间没用了。

It 's been such a long time since I played .

自我上次演出以来已有很长时间了。

For a long time I just wanted to play country music .

有很长一段时间我只想弹奏乡村音乐。

It took her a long time to get ready for church

她花了很长时间才做好去教堂的准备。

He must have started writing his book a long time ago .

他一定很久以前就开始写这本书了。

It 's been a long time coming but better late than never .

早就该如此了。不过，也总比没有的强。

They often take a long time to die back after flowering .

花期过后，它们的枝叶常常过很长一段时间才会枯萎。