Sentence examples of "il y a longtemps" in French with translation "a long time ago"

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Translations: all17 a long time ago9 long ago5 other translations3
L'histoire commence il y a longtemps. The story begins a long time ago.
Cela s'est passé il y a longtemps. It happened a long time ago.
Mais bien sûr c'était il y a longtemps. But of course that was a long time ago.
Il y a longtemps, il y avait un jeune homme. A long time ago, there was a young man.
Il y a fort longtemps, il y avait un pont ici. A long time ago, there was a bridge here.
C'est presque difficile de croire que toutes ces choses ont été faites à la main il y a si longtemps. It's almost hard to believe all these beautiful things were made by hand such a long time ago.
Les dinosaures ont disparu il y a fort longtemps. Dinosaurs died out a very long time ago.
Les dinosaures se sont éteints il y a très longtemps. Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.
Tu m'as fait attendre tout seul ici dans cette rue il y a très longtemps. You left me standing alone here on this road a long, long time ago.
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