Example sentences of "[been] [adv] [adj] for a long " in BNC.
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1 | Yet she knew it was there , in the background , darkening all her thoughts , rendering her sleepless in the nights following their departure and also confirming something of which she had been dimly aware for a long time . |
2 | We have a son who still lives at home who in fact has been quite ill for a long time and erm she you know the amount the work she has done therefore has been seriously limited . |
3 | The organization 's market share had been relatively stable for a long time and even growing in concert with the growth in world economies . |
4 | You 've been very quiet for a long time . ’ |
5 | The rate of unemployment in Glasgow has been very high for a long time , and I accept that that is unfortunate . |