Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [v-ing] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the exhausted mechanical sound of it he has been sobbing for a long time . |
| 2 | ‘ People see Romania and Albania in the media all the time now but Poland has been suffering for a long time and people are still very much in need of our help , ’ she said . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's been going on a long time , Elaine . |
| 4 | because it 's been going on a long time . |
| 5 | But it was I mean you have to admit erm and I 'm I 'll bring Mr Power in and let him speak for himself , but you have to admit that it from what we 've just heard , it started in nineteen seventy four , it 's been going on a long time . |
| 6 | Can I just draw people 's attention to the very last point which was made in case any one sending large sums of cash through the post office , erm , it , it 's been running for a long time |
| 7 | you know , that G P's that 's been practising for a long number of years you know er , elderly G P's are probably not as up-to-date on these kind of things as they should be . |