Example sentences of "have be [vb pp] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago .
3 Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension .
4 I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence .
5 If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’
6 This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’
7 He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person .
8 One lad , belonging to a respected family , had been given a long sentence although he and local residents emphatically maintained that he was not at the scene of the incident for which he was convicted .
9 My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet .
10 They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert .
11 But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before .
12 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 .
13 He implied , in other words , that the BFASS had been brought a long way since its restrictive outlook had so divided the 1840 World Convention .
14 for everything had been bought a long time ago
15 ‘ Therese and Loulou , ’ said Giles , ‘ have been married a long time .
16 Chunnel cynics think the high profile of the rabies defences is meant to draw attention away from the real hazards of what 's been called the longest crematorium in the world
17 That 's been gone a long time now .
18 He 's been gone a long time
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