Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] been [verb] a long " in BNC.
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1 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
2 | I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water . |
3 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
4 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
5 | She is seen to suffer for what she did , and Mary , the other sister , likewise ‘ paid heavily ’ : let down by an Indian student with whom she had been having a long affair . |
6 | Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence . |
7 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
8 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |