Example sentences of "[pron] had been [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted him to plead with her to stay with him , forever , as he 'd done once before , but this time she would accept and tell him how wrong she had been the first time . |
| 2 | There had been a long time when he had been surrounded by wire and bars . |
| 3 | No more than that , for we were all on renewable annual contracts and Clive never tired of reminding us just how many eager applicants there had been the last time he 'd had to ‘ let someone go ’ . |
| 4 | She did not know what sort of oddness to imagine , but they had been a long time and there had been peculiar noises . |
| 5 | For the Black Dwarf , that June , celebrating a year of publication , it had been a rocky time , financially and politically . |
| 6 | It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better . |
| 7 | It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop . |
| 8 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
| 9 | It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan . |
| 10 | Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World . |
| 11 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
| 12 | She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive . |
| 13 | It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain . |
| 14 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
| 15 | It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off . |
| 16 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |
| 17 | It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own . |
| 18 | It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it . |
| 19 | It had been a long time since she 'd met anyone even remotely interesting , and whatever this man was he certainly was n't remote ! |
| 20 | Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard . |
| 21 | It had been a long time since the mental barrier between herself and the watching audience had been broken … |
| 22 | He thought again about his parents , but it had been a long time and he became angry with himself because he could no longer picture their faces like before . |
| 23 | It had been a difficult time for everyone , but especially Diana , who was perhaps closest to her father of all the children . |
| 24 | ‘ If it had been a different time you 'd have been a doctor or an engineer , ’ Rose said . |
| 25 | It had been a harrowing time . |
| 26 | It was all much as it had been the first time , only evening instead of morning ; and Emily stood by herself as before , and now he knew why , wearing his ring on another finger . |
| 27 | It had been the first time that he had really seen Sara in tears . |
| 28 | He felt that he had been a long time away . |