Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 2 | I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water . |
| 3 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 4 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 5 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 6 | She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’ |
| 7 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 8 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 9 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 10 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
| 11 | She is seen to suffer for what she did , and Mary , the other sister , likewise ‘ paid heavily ’ : let down by an Indian student with whom she had been having a long affair . |
| 12 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |
| 13 | for everything had been bought a long time ago |
| 14 | Solid fuel is the heating fuel we have been using the longest . |
| 15 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
| 16 | Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence . |
| 17 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 18 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |
| 19 | He 's been gone a long time |
| 20 | Chunnel cynics think the high profile of the rabies defences is meant to draw attention away from the real hazards of what 's been called the longest crematorium in the world |