Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [adj] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other important sub-sect to figure prominently in recent biblical scholarship has been familiar for a long time , but under a different name . |
| 2 | ‘ And this man , Leonora , has been celibate for a long time . |
| 3 | It has been clear for a long time that where land adjoining the highway is unintentionally entered , i.e. as a result of a car accident , that the plaintiff must prove negligence ( River Wear Commissioners v Adamson ( 1877 ) 2 App Cas 743 ) . |
| 4 | The Commission on Analytical Nomenclature of IUPAC has been active for a long time in establishing nomenclature for chromatography . |
| 5 | Very often I spend long days on my allotment , and cook quite nice dinners of , say , breast of mutton and peas and fruit off the allotment for myself and a [ woman ] friend who has been ill for a long time … . |
| 6 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 7 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 8 | ‘ War 's been inevitable for a long time , Anne . ’ |