Example sentences of "[adv] [been] [vb pp] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some kinds of long-term memory seem to endure indefinitely even though they have apparently been lost for a long time , e.g. an older person may find it easy to recall childhood events with great clarity even though there has been no use of the material for fifty or sixty years . |
| 2 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 3 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 4 | Yet even though in my part Welsh has not been spoken for a long time , and indeed the natives have even forgotten the Welsh pronunciation of our Celtic place-names , it would not cross my neighbours ' minds that just living there makes me Welsh . |
| 5 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 6 | Piano keys made with synthetic resins or polymer fibres eventually become slippery with sweat from the pianist 's fingers after been played for a long time . |
| 7 | ‘ He had n't been beaten for a long time , and was very confident so I think defeat came as a bit of a shock . |
| 8 | it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time . |