How do you use it is a long time since?

1. It’s a long time since she has been off work. 2. It has been a long time since she has been off work.

Is it for a long time or since a long time?

We use for with a period of time in the past, present or future. We use since with a point in time in the past. For refers to periods of time, e.g. 3 years, 4 hours, ages, a long time, months, years.

What does long since mean?

1 : long ago promises long since forgotten. 2 : for a long time has long since been a devoted friend.

How do you use long time in a sentence?

Dusty glanced at his long-time Miami Station Chief, the handsome Hispanic man who looked as severe as he was lighthearted. Said he’d waited a long time to tell me something. But then, maybe Alondra was one of those people who simply took a long time to warm to strangers.

What should I answer to it’s been a long time?

You can say “No problem” or you can say “It has been a while, hasn’t it?” or “No problem – I know you’ve been busy.” Or you could just skip right over that part and answer the rest of the email.

Has been a long time coming Meaning?

: arriving or happening after a lot of time has passed His promotion was a long time coming.

Can you say since a long time?

We use since with a point in time in the past. For refers to periods of time, e.g. 3 years, 4 hours, ages, a long time, months, years. They’ve lived in Oxford since 2004. She’s been on the phone for hours.

What is since and for?

Remember, for is used with a period of time. Since is used to refer to a specific point in time. You can use for and since with similar verb tenses, if you wish. Here are two examples: I have been walking for five hours.

When should we use since and for?

Remember, for is used with a period of time. Since is used to refer to a specific point in time. You can use for and since with similar verb tenses, if you wish.

Have long since been meaning?

phrase. If you say that something has long since happened, you mean that it happened a long time ago.

What is the meaning of a very long time?

adjective. existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding: longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.

Whats another word for a long time?

What is another word for long-time?

many years	ages
very long time	years
years on end	yonks
forever	eternity
eonUS	age

How is it has been a long time since?

The first part of the sentence is fine, but the second part sounds bad. basically, you’re describing a finished action in the past, and a non finished action since then (has been). so the second part should be expressed with the past simple tense: “It has been a long time since we worked on the same topic”.

When to use ” since ” and ” a long time ago “?

The thing is, “since”-clauses and “since”-phrases work best, at least after the present perfect, when they specify a definite time in the past, and “a long time ago” does not do that. “A long time ago” has indefinite reference. Here are three sentences, listed in order of acceptability (to my native ears).

When to use ” since so long ” in a sentence?

Exactly how long ago so long might be is totally subjective. In some contexts, you might use it to refer back to a time less than an hour ago. In other contexts, people might say that several months (or even years, decades, or centuries) wasn’t actually so long ago.

What’s the difference between for a long time and long time ago?

for a long time vs since a long time ago. I haven’t seen John for a long time. I haven’t seen John since a long time ago. The phrase “since a long time ago” does (very) occasionally occur in respectable contexts. Some dictionaries, for instance, use “since a long time ago” in defining the meaning of other phrases.