Example sentences of "have been [verb] a long [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
| 5 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 6 | I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence . |
| 7 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 8 | This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | for everything had been bought a long time ago |
| 20 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 21 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 22 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 23 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 24 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
| 27 | ‘ Therese and Loulou , ’ said Giles , ‘ have been married a long time . |
| 28 | That 's been gone a long time now . |
| 29 | He 's been gone a long time |
| 30 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |