Example sentences of "[det] [verb] be [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | and that has been a long time coming but it now appears to be |
2 | Mr Peter Preston , editor of the Guardian , yesterday said : ‘ This has been a long time coming and there are things in it like the enhanced role for proprietors that I 'm not very keen on , ’ he said . |
3 | This has been a long chapter on the work of the Spirit in the individual Christian . |
4 | That had been a long meeting . |
5 | That had been a long , long time ago and we were still reeling through the London streets with never a sign of a park anywhere . |
6 | That had been a long time ago . |
7 | But that had been a long time ago . |