Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [art] long [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phil Farrand says it is brilliant … it has been a long slog and has meant a lot of hard work |
| 2 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
| 3 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |
| 4 | There has been a long debate as to whether Severn Mill was operated as a tide mill , the general opinion now seeming to favour this idea . |
| 5 | ‘ I know it 's been a long day but I want you to drive to Sion tonight . |
| 6 | IT 'S been a long time since Sister Jacques-Marie took her clothes off for public viewing . |
| 7 | It 's been a long time since a league game was played at Molyneux against Stoke . |
| 8 | But first of all I 'd like to congratulate the officers on the report er I 'm sure that those people who have been reading the reports and officers of the County Council for some years er will have probably er , er it 's been a long time since they 've read one that 's been expressed in such strong terms . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's been a long time since I 've been in the semis of a Grand Slam tournament . ’ |
| 10 | It 's been a long time since you left us , but you 're more than welcome though on your return and do n't be so long before you come again . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been a long time and I am not going to rush it . |
| 12 | Well I think that 's a good way of putting it , absolutely , I mean er As as I say but it it is erm I think it 's been a long process and to get I mean it 's taken nearly two years since the |
| 13 | He said : ‘ It 's been a long wait but anything worth having takes time . |