Example sentences of "[pron] have been [adj] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been patient a long time , nonya . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 've been asleep a long time . ’ |
| 3 | That is , in addition to the tendency to feel tired because we have been awake a long time , there is some rhythmic change that decreases our fatigue at some times and increases it at others . |
| 4 | If we relate this to the changes in the Labrador Sea we see ( Fig. 2 a ) that the only time there has been such a long period with little or no change in salinity , followed by a sudden marked freshening , was the period leading up to the renewal in 1972 . |
| 5 | ‘ It has been such a long time ! |
| 6 | He said : ‘ It has been such a long time coming I had almost given up hope . |
| 7 | ‘ He 'd been ill a long time . |
| 8 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 9 | It 's been such a long time . |
| 10 | I 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route . |
| 11 | I do n't know whether I ever meant to call on Ben or not — it 's been such a long time — but I was interested to see the boat . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's been such a long time , and I want you so much that I could easily make a mess of this , ’ he confessed . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's been such a long time since you 've seen him . |
| 14 | It 's been such a long time , too long … ’ |