Example sentences of "had be long " in BNC.
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| 1 | His short doze in the living room had been long enough to keep him awake now . |
| 2 | There had been long weeks when he lay sunk in gloom and introspection . |
| 3 | There had been long , bewildering visits from the school attendance officer , from the child welfare people , the police , a probation officer , the police again , a young wife with tears and an older one with a bread knife , and the police yet again . |
| 4 | There had been long periods when I could only enter you and come in you by secretly pretending to myself that I did not know you , that you were a tart I had picked up in a bar — or on the street corner . |
| 5 | Dr Kelleher had been working in close cooperation with Dr Laurent and there had been long consultations in the Pathology Lab . |
| 6 | The damage was double : the exposure to the flames had been long enough to cause severe burns to his face , head and hands ; worse , he had been forced , as the flames consumed the oxygen , to inhale volatile fuel and smoke , both of which critically affected his lungs and blood . |
| 7 | They knew from their own and others ' research that there was a diminishing prospect for children returning home once they had been long in care . |
| 8 | There had been long lines of farmers and farm workers on both sides . |
| 9 | From his porch , Joseph watched with a sullen and rather bleary eye : the night had been long on reminiscence and several barrels had been tapped to celebrate old victories . |
| 10 | My mother 's final illness had been long and painful for her and emotionally and physically demanding for me . |
| 11 | The house , of course , had been long in the building . |
| 12 | The journey had been long , hot and tiring and to add to my list I did n't really want to come home . |
| 13 | His round had been long and arduous , and he was thinking how pleasant it would be to see and tease McAllister and ask her to serve them all some home-made lemonade . |