Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [prep] a [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |
| 2 | Some have been living for a disconcertingly long time in museums ; but once doubted , the evidence of inadequacy in a fake is quite often soon in coming . |
| 3 | The phrase ‘ community participation ’ has been used for a much longer time . |
| 4 | It 's been known for a very long time that from these cases you can isolate this organism C diphtheria bacterium which you saw in the practical classes and has this distinctive stayed property where er certain granules can be stayed up and also the arrangement of the cells is rather reminiscent of what called Chinese lettering . |
| 5 | Mr Deukmejian , who was elected governor in 1982 , has been trying for a mighty long time to get the death penalty enforced in California . |
| 6 | Woodland has , therefore , been managed for a very long time and we shall examine this further in a moment . |