Example sentences of "[pron] have [been] [verb] a 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 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
| 15 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 16 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |
| 17 | He 's been gone a long time |