Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] been [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know I 've been a long time on this but I 'll I think it 's nearly there . |
| 2 | Well we went off and got off at Peel which was the other with the all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 3 | He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 4 | Although I have been a long time supporter . |
| 5 | You 've been a long time ! |
| 6 | She did not know what sort of oddness to imagine , but they had been a long time and there had been peculiar noises . |
| 7 | Phil Farrand says it is brilliant … it has been a long slog and has meant a lot of hard work |
| 8 | To a few of us it may seem like only yesterday , but to the Princess , I suspect , it has been a long decade , for she has completed a most extraordinary metamorphosis . |
| 9 | It has been a long day , but there are still a couple of hours to run , and this is Berlin , where anything can happen . |
| 10 | Everyone is contemplating an early night — it has been a long day , one of the busiest for a while . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't usually do that , but it has been a long day . ’ |
| 12 | God it 's only quarter past two , it has been a long day in n it ? |
| 13 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
| 14 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 15 | It has been a long time . |
| 16 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |
| 17 | With more and more database engines sitting on networked servers , it has been a long time coming — the tricky bit , says Shandell is implementing ‘ remote queue pointers ’ . |
| 18 | It has been a long time coming , and apparently impatient fans bombard the Pan press office weekly for information on its appearance . |
| 19 | ‘ It has been a long time , Warren , ’ she said evenly . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , it has been a long time , and I expect you and Marissa … ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ she taunted foolishly , ‘ it has been a long time . ’ |
| 22 | Blast , it had been a long night . |
| 23 | They both drank , conscious that it had been a long afternoon , and Shelley at least was thirsty . |
| 24 | It had been a long day . ’ |
| 25 | He then telephoned Nigel 's relations for me , for which I was most grateful — it had been a long day . |
| 26 | It had been a long day — twelve hours with Mobuto , eight of those in the United Nations building where Mobuto and his entourage had spent the day . |
| 27 | It had been a long day . |
| 28 | It had been a long day for him already , and if he made it back before nine he was going to be lucky . |
| 29 | It had been a long day at the end of a busy week , but that was n't all of it . |
| 30 | It had been a long day . |