How to say "可时间一长啊" (kě shí jiān yī zhǎng a) in Chinese dialogue

shíjiānzhǎnga

But as time went on,

Idioms & Colloquial Expressions
Grammar Patterns
INTERACTIVE SCRIPT TIMELINE
LINE 0125:06
xín
liǎng
nián
jiù
huì
huí
lái
le

I thought he would come back in a year or two.

LINE 0225:11
PLAYING SCENE
shí
jiān
zhǎng
a

But as time went on,

LINE 0325:13
jiù
jué
de
zài
wài
biān
kěn
dìng
hùn
hǎo

I figured he must not be doing well out there

Show Information
Source MediaTV Series
Season & EpisodeS1 E3
Timestamp25:11
TMDB ID272681