We Brits stopped using gold for pound coins a long, long time ago as the amount of gold that made a pound shrank away to microscopic amounts (currently around 0.03 grammes of gold).
Curiously enough, that idea of "mutual" funds was originally mentioned in a speech by Emmanuel Cohen, who was a wonderful chairman of the SEC, a long, long time ago.
The horse, riders, and the whole Calvary left the barn a long, long time ago.
Congress should have passed a bill a long time ago to put thousands of construction workers back on the job rebuilding our roads and our bridges and our runways.
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"I took a decision a long time ago that when I became involved in politics I would try shield my family from the glare of public life, " he said.
If that were the case, the US would have been a western Saudi Arabia a long time ago.
The government should have announced a Strategic Defence Review a long time ago, not delayed it until after the election.
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My aunt was injured in a blast in Tverskaya station a long time ago.
Cold eye reviewers can uncover unsafe conditions in a plant because workers stopped seeing the situation a long time ago.
Some companies had a product advantage in their heyday but lost it a long time ago.
The beer from a long time ago was recognizably the same, but at the same time, it was rather different.
This is not a new concept--the linguist Benjamin Whorf advanced it a long time ago--but Contributing Editor Dan Seligman does a delightful job of bringing it back to life every now and then.
It's an issue that has been debated by academics for a while, though many wish Mr Osborne or his predecessor had sorted it out a long time ago, when the move didn't look quite so convenient.
"Coming from Tredegar, it was incredible to have a facility like that on my doorstep, but you could tell it was in trouble quite a long time ago, " he said.
Because I heard some song I used to hear back then, a long time ago.
Mr. PETER MOREN: (Singing) I remember when, when I first moved here a long time ago.
He said Iraqi officials should have done something about this a long time ago.
They say that if they had wanted peace, it could've happened a long time ago.
My student identification card, along with my student visa, had expired a long time ago.
The firm said the incidents were isolated and took place a long time ago.
Without their action, the US Government would have ceased to exist a long time ago.
Renewables should have been adopted a long time ago when Jimmy Carter was President.
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Having spent 25 years selling I learned to embrace the word sell a long time ago.
"I learned a long time ago that when you're tired you become mistake prone, " he says.
Greece passed the point of no return in this game a long time ago.
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