Example sentences of "[pron] had 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | for everything had been bought a long time ago |
| 6 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 7 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |