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 .
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