Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 No I 've been I 've been here a long time like
2 You 've been away a long time have n't you ?
3 ‘ Even as a new MP , she has got a much better grounding in the way that the Treasury and Number 10 work than most MPs who 've been there a long time . ’
4 It shows how well we are conducting the service , in what is an old bedding factory , after all , and if you 've been to Winchester lately , you will have seen a six million pound record office , with with modern architecture in a prominent position in Winchester , er , which I 'm sure they 're conducting a service , but I 'll bet you that pound for pound we 're giving a far better service in Wiltshire , with our dedicated staff , who 've been there a long time .
5 You always find wherever you are that the people who 've been there a long time get sort of erm a bit uppity , they think that they 're
6 We 've been together a long time and people in the band like Paul and Mark and Gaz have a few things to prove themselves .
7 " We 've been together a long time Her voice went thick and inarticulate .
8 I have been here a long time .
9 ‘ You have been here a long time , masters .
10 The eaves , most of which are round the Mull of Oa and the northeast corner of the island , have been there a long time but are almost unexplored and very little s known about them , There is evidence that those at Port a Chotain , near Bholsa , had been occupied in the 17th or early 18th century .
11 The other people that have been there a long time know it all and what they , what you say can you help me .
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