Example sentences of "have been [verb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’ |
| 2 | Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence . |
| 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 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
| 6 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 7 | I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence . |
| 8 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 9 | This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 12 | One lad , belonging to a respected family , had been given a long sentence although he and local residents emphatically maintained that he was not at the scene of the incident for which he was convicted . |
| 13 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He implied , in other words , that the BFASS had been brought a long way since its restrictive outlook had so divided the 1840 World Convention . |
| 20 | for everything had been bought a long time ago |
| 21 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 22 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 23 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 24 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 25 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
| 28 | ‘ Therese and Loulou , ’ said Giles , ‘ have been married a long time . |
| 29 | Chunnel cynics think the high profile of the rabies defences is meant to draw attention away from the real hazards of what 's been called the longest crematorium in the world |
| 30 | That 's been gone a long time now . |