Example sentences of "been [adj] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've been asleep a long time . ’ |
| 2 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 3 | I 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route . |
| 4 | If we relate this to the changes in the Labrador Sea we see ( Fig. 2 a ) that the only time there has been such a long period with little or no change in salinity , followed by a sudden marked freshening , was the period leading up to the renewal in 1972 . |
| 5 | It 's been such a long time . |
| 6 | I do n't know whether I ever meant to call on Ben or not — it 's been such a long time — but I was interested to see the boat . |
| 7 | ‘ It has been such a long time ! |
| 8 | ‘ It 's been such a long time , and I want you so much that I could easily make a mess of this , ’ he confessed . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's been such a long time since you 've seen him . |
| 10 | It 's been such a long time , too long … ’ |
| 11 | And it had all been such a long time ago ! |
| 12 | He said : ‘ It has been such a long time coming I had almost given up hope . |
| 13 | ‘ I have been patient a long time , nonya . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He 'd been ill a long time . |
| 15 | That is , in addition to the tendency to feel tired because we have been awake a long time , there is some rhythmic change that decreases our fatigue at some times and increases it at others . |
| 16 | I must have been unconscious a long time . |
| 17 | Jackets that had been second-hand a long time ago , trousers the same . |