Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
| 3 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 4 | I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence . |
| 5 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 6 | This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’ |
| 7 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | for everything had been bought a long time ago |
| 15 | ‘ Therese and Loulou , ’ said Giles , ‘ have been married a long time . |
| 16 | That 's been gone a long time now . |
| 17 | He 's been gone a long time |