Example sentences of "[noun] have been [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 3 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Throughout his days at Chelsea , Gallacher had been contesting a long and painful divorce case with his first wife . |