Example sentences of "not long been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the second here illustrated , the Moss Provence , Miller said that it had not long been known in London and the first time he saw it ‘ was in 1727 in the garden of Dr Boerhaave near Leyden who was so good as to give me one of the plants , but from where it came I could not learn . |
| 2 | Eugénie had not long been an Empress , but she had always been a grandee of Spain , with all that implied in pride and good breeding . |
| 3 | I got on the vehicle but the driver had not long been in fourth gear when I came to my senses . |
| 4 | One or both of them may not wish to cope with parenting a second time round , having not long been released from the exhaustion and limitations of childcare on their own account . |
| 5 | Moreover , NAB had not long been in existence before , in July 1982 , the Secretary of State announced his intention of reorganizing initial teacher training , involving substantial reductions in secondary training in public sector institutions via the B.Ed . |
| 6 | The glass had not long been replaced after a fight between two customers . |
| 7 | As I had to go to Beskett this young woman had not long been married and she always used to ask me to call at her house in Palfrey , cos I used to go on a bike not in a van , on a carrier bike , she used to ask me to call at her house in Palfrey to see if there were any mail from her husband and he was , there sometimes was sometimes there was n't nothing you know that he 'd written and er one day I 'd got back and er she was all in tears and er he , he had been killed in France and I was glad I did n't have to be the harbinger of the times you know she still lives in Palfrey now Mrs yeah . |
| 8 | big er , detached houses that have not long been built as well but to me , I ca n't see there being much privacy . |