Example sentences of "have be [verb] [art] long time " in BNC.
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1 | She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’ |
2 | 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 . |
3 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
4 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
5 | This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’ |
6 | 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 . |
7 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
8 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
9 | Where direct rule had been established a long time — in India , for example — it provided a framework in which there could grow an acceptance of European ideas of political organization . |
10 | for everything had been bought a long time ago |
11 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
12 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
13 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
14 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
15 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
16 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
17 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
18 | ‘ Therese and Loulou , ’ said Giles , ‘ have been married a long time . |
19 | That 's been gone a long time now . |
20 | He 's been gone a long time |
21 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |