Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know I 've been a long time on this but I 'll I think it 's nearly there . |
| 2 | Well we went off and got off at Peel which was the other with the all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 3 | He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 4 | Although I have been a long time supporter . |
| 5 | You 've been a long time ! |
| 6 | She did not know what sort of oddness to imagine , but they had been a long time and there had been peculiar noises . |
| 7 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
| 8 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 9 | It has been a long time . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | With more and more database engines sitting on networked servers , it has been a long time coming — the tricky bit , says Shandell is implementing ‘ remote queue pointers ’ . |
| 12 | It has been a long time coming , and apparently impatient fans bombard the Pan press office weekly for information on its appearance . |
| 13 | ‘ It has been a long time , Warren , ’ she said evenly . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , it has been a long time , and I expect you and Marissa … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Well , ’ she taunted foolishly , ‘ it has been a long time . ’ |
| 16 | It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better . |
| 17 | It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop . |
| 18 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
| 19 | It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan . |
| 20 | Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World . |
| 21 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
| 22 | She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive . |
| 23 | It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain . |
| 24 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
| 25 | It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off . |
| 26 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |
| 27 | It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own . |
| 28 | It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it . |
| 29 | It had been a long time since she 'd met anyone even remotely interesting , and whatever this man was he certainly was n't remote ! |
| 30 | Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard . |