Example sentences of "[pron] had been [art] long time " in BNC.

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1 There had been a long time when he had been surrounded by wire and bars .
2 She did not know what sort of oddness to imagine , but they had been a long time and there had been peculiar noises .
3 It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better .
4 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 .
5 It had been a long time since he had felt like that .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago .
12 It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off .
13 It had been a long time since she had felt this way .
14 It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own .
15 It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it .
16 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 !
17 Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard .
18 It had been a long time since the mental barrier between herself and the watching audience had been broken …
19 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 .
20 He felt that he had been a long time away .
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