Example sentences of "have been [verb] a long time " in BNC.

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1 She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’
2 But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got .
3 ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago .
4 Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension .
5 This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’
6 I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water .
7 He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person .
8 But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before .
9 Where direct rule had been established a long time — in India , for example — it provided a framework in which there could grow an acceptance of European ideas of political organization .
10 for everything had been bought a long time ago
11 ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly .
12 I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns .
13 And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that .
14 ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's .
15 Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’
16 I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly .
17 we have been waiting a long time traffic calming .
18 ‘ Therese and Loulou , ’ said Giles , ‘ have been married a long time .
19 That 's been gone a long time now .
20 He 's been gone a long time
21 ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time .
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