Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] [be] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
| 2 | Cold winter maybe , but it had been a long summer that ended that afternoon , from Powell , through the May Events and , at the end of August , the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia , which had again pulled the demonstrators on to the streets , but on this occasion down to Notting Hill and Olympia , the homes of the Czech and Soviet embassies , and an ill-timed eastern bloc trade exhibition . |
| 3 | Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard . |
| 4 | He thought again about his parents , but it had been a long time and he became angry with himself because he could no longer picture their faces like before . |
| 5 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't usually do that , but it has been a long day . ’ |
| 7 | Well that 's no surprise ; but it 's been a long time in coming . |
| 8 | ‘ But it 's been a long day for Sam , so if you do n't mind I 'll send him home . |