Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gooch 's biography has been a long time coming but Ivo Tennant has been thorough in his survey of hitherto uncharted waters , and the wait has been worthwhile . |
| 2 | The Conservatives have been a long way ahead of Labour not just in seats ( an arbitrary effect of the electoral system ) but also in votes . |
| 3 | In a way , the revolution had been a long time coming and somewhat contained in America , despite the reactions of the mass media which had been — like all conservative America — horrified , if not titillated by the lurid images of beat youth . |
| 4 | Maybe because tonight the warning had been a long time sounding , had started its tormented wailing just when everyone began to think the bombers were n't coming . |
| 5 | But Boogie 's TriAxis has been a long time coming , and there are great expectations to live up to … |