Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | b ) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed ( including , in the case of a new Clause or new Schedule which has been read a second time , the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill ) ; |
| 2 | Ordered , That , in respect of the Welsh Development Agency Bill , notices of Amendments , new Clauses and new Schedules to be moved in Committee may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has been read a second time . |
| 3 | That , in respect of the Stamp Duty ( Temporary Provisions ) Bill , Notices of Amendments , new Clauses and new Schedules to be moved in Committee may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has been read a second time . |
| 4 | Ordered , That , in respect of the Social Security ( Mortgage Interest Payments ) Bill , notices of Amendments , new Clauses and new Schedules to be moved in Committee may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has been read a second time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
| 7 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 8 | This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’ |
| 9 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 10 | Harbury surmised that he had more reason than anybody : he had been severely demoted , he had been given a rough time and he was partly responsible for Martin Ayling selling to MacQuillan . |
| 11 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
| 12 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 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 |