Example sentences of "had [vb pp] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did refer to the fact that , if the trial proceeded , witnesses would be giving evidence about things that had occurred a long time ago and said that he did ‘ not think that is a position which is salvaged or saved by reason of the fact that there are in being notebooks , that there are in being witness statements . ’ |
| 2 | Florence Ames was quieter about it , as though she had the measure of things because she had spent a long time in looking at them . |
| 3 | Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more . |
| 4 | As though all this had happened a long time ago . |
| 5 | Once I noticed the familiar gap in a row of houses like the space left by a drawn tooth , but I could not be certain that it was the result of bombing and if it was it had happened a long time ago . |
| 6 | ‘ The theme of the story was that something very sinister had happened a long time ago which had left the planet looking entirely different from anywhere you could see on Earth . |
| 7 | They reminded Lucien of something that had happened a long time ago , but he could n't remember what . |
| 8 | I had worked a long time on the script with Dalton Trumbo and we worked very hard getting the right cast . |
| 9 | He had quite liked the thought of being fit and athletic some time in the future , although the signs had taken a long time coming . |
| 10 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 11 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |
| 12 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |
| 13 | Our visit had taken a long time and we returned to Skeldale House for lunch . |
| 14 | It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off . |
| 15 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |
| 16 | And this kiss was meaningless , because there was nothing behind it ; it was only the last flickering spark of something they had destroyed a long time ago . |
| 17 | She had waited a long time for this moment . |
| 18 | After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely . |
| 19 | It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see . |
| 20 | Darlington had waited a long time for a shopping centre , she said , but the wait had its advantages . |
| 21 | Christophe was extremely fit and used to the 100 per cent humidity , and had learnt a long time back to carry the absolute minimum — a battered still camera and two oranges for lunch — for a full day in the forest . |
| 22 | You know , you 'd think things had changed a long time ago but erm I remember having Chrissy in that yard when he was a baby in his pushchair where and there was the coalman 's horse and erm |