Example sentences of "had [been] a [adj] time since " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop . |
| 2 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
| 3 | It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan . |
| 4 | Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World . |
| 5 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
| 6 | She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive . |
| 7 | It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain . |
| 8 | It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off . |
| 9 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |
| 10 | It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it . |
| 11 | It had been a long time since she 'd met anyone even remotely interesting , and whatever this man was he certainly was n't remote ! |
| 12 | Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard . |
| 13 | It had been a long time since the mental barrier between herself and the watching audience had been broken … |