Example sentences of "he have long been " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has long been hailed as a potential leader , and for many on the Right he is still the Thatcherite hero-in-waiting . |
| 2 | But in fairness to Bunce , who plays for Auckland , he has long been resident in New Zealand and had no thoughts of international rugby until approached by Western Samoa , whose 26-strong World Cup squad included only one player still living in the country . |
| 3 | He has long been regarded by the trade as one of the top sporting gun men in the business , with years of experience behind him . |
| 4 | He has long been involved in teaching but how does he feel about music education in schools today ? |
| 5 | He had long been a widower . |
| 6 | ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) . |
| 7 | He had long been disturbed by the growing diversification of the Club 's interests . |
| 8 | Autocratic , powerful and ambitious , he had long been jealous of the Emperor and had aspired to be made a Negus . |
| 9 | Sally-Anne had met him at a party ; he had long been settled in England , and he had been impressed and amused by her fiery conversation and her obvious intelligence . |
| 10 | He had long been reported ill with kidney problems and was rumoured to have had throat cancer . |