Tom uzun süredir Boston'da yaşamaktadır.
- Tom has lived in Boston for a long time.
Ayaklanmayı bastırmak uzun sürecek.
- It will take a long time to suppress the revolt.
It's been quite ages since we last met.
- It's been a long time since we last saw each other.
I haven't heard that joke in ages.
- I haven't heard that joke in a long time.
... MR. LEHRER: Your five seconds went away a long time ago. (Laughter.) ...
... throbbing for a long, long time. ...