Example sentences of "[verb] been for long " in BNC.
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1 | The trauma underlying religion , which has been for long periods of time forgotten , remaining latent in the unconscious , was also a mixture of sexuality and aggression . |
2 | That 's the way it had been for longer than she could remember . |
3 | Because the tentacled exter was a living legend — of crime — as he had been for longer than I 'd been alive . |
4 | I was mean-minded enough to wish it had been for longer . |
5 | ‘ Your kind are known to us , Doctor , and have been for longer than you can imagine . ’ |