Example sentences of "[verb] been for [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not one to do double somersaults — I 'm not that acrobatic — but he 's one of the best in the country and has been for a long time . |
| 2 | Which is , of course , roughly where conventional rubbish-collection policy has been for a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ No sort of future tense about it , it is and it has been for a long time . |
| 4 | The Commonwealth came closer together than it has been for a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ No sort of future tense about it , it is and it has been for a long time . |
| 6 | ‘ Now he 's happier , I think , than he 'd been for a long time . |
| 7 | Mick was less fortunate , and when I awoke in the depressing gloom of dawn , he reported that the weather was very much better than it had been for a long time . |
| 8 | She left a little while later , happier than she had been for a long time . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 10 | Her students , she says , are well prepared for Europe , and have been for a long time . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , most buildings built for the purposes of ‘ agriculture ’ have been for a long time exempt from such planning control as can be exercised by local planning authorities . |
| 12 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 13 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 14 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 15 | The S A S have operated in Northern Ireland and have been for a long time . |
| 16 | McNab , who hit his first goal of the season , said : ‘ The second half was as poor as we have been for a long time but recent performances have been magnificent . |