Oda uzun süredir boş.
- The room has been empty 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.
... a long time, I think, to re-establish its ability to deliver basic services, but what ...
... We've been working on it for a long time. ...