Example sentences of "[pron] have been [vb pp] 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 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
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