Example sentences of "[pron] have [been] [vb pp] [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 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 .
3 They were beautiful , these AndalucĂ­an horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert .
4 for everything had been bought a long time ago
5 But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before .
6 He 's been gone a long time
7 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
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