Example sentences of "[adj] have been a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | and that has been a long time coming but it now appears to be |
| 2 | Mr Peter Preston , editor of the Guardian , yesterday said : ‘ This has been a long time coming and there are things in it like the enhanced role for proprietors that I 'm not very keen on , ’ he said . |
| 3 | That had been a long time ago . |
| 4 | But that had been a long time ago . |
| 5 | SCIENCE FICTION breeds more science fiction and success breeds sequels : these two have been a long time coming Forty years since the first Foundation tale , 14 since 001 : A Space Odyssey — can Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke repeat their successes ? |