Example sentences of "be a long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ It 's been a long time , Clarence , ’ Mobuto said in his faultless English . |
| 32 | It 's been a long time . ’ |
| 33 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
| 34 | She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive . |
| 35 | It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain . |
| 36 | There had been a long time when he had been surrounded by wire and bars . |
| 37 | ‘ It 's been a long time , ’ he said . |
| 38 | It 's been a long time coming , but it 's finally here — Borland is now shipping Paradox for Windows , and at a special offer price of £99.95 plus VAT . |
| 39 | I know I 've been a long time on this but I 'll I think it 's nearly there . |
| 40 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
| 41 | IT 'S BEEN a long time coming , but one of the year 's best singles , World of Twist 's debut ‘ The Storm ’ , is about to seep its atmospheric vibe into the mainstream . |
| 42 | She did not know what sort of oddness to imagine , but they had been a long time and there had been peculiar noises . |
| 43 | That had been a long time ago . |
| 44 | But that had been a long time ago . |
| 45 | It has been a long time coming , and apparently impatient fans bombard the Pan press office weekly for information on its appearance . |
| 46 | It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off . |
| 47 | ‘ It 's been a long time ; too long , ’ she smiled , slipping him into her mouth . |
| 48 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |
| 49 | It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own . |
| 50 | It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it . |
| 51 | ‘ It 's been a long time … ’ he said , letting his voice die away . |
| 52 | It 's been a long time . ’ |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | It 's been a long time since a league game was played at Molyneux against Stoke . |
| 56 | ‘ It has been a long time , Warren , ’ she said evenly . |
| 57 | It had been a long time since she 'd met anyone even remotely interesting , and whatever this man was he certainly was n't remote ! |
| 58 | Well it 's been a long time now . ’ |
| 59 | It must have been a long time ago . |
| 60 | Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard . |