Example sentences of "have [be] a long [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been a long time ago . |
| 2 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
| 3 | That had been a long time ago . |
| 4 | But that had been a long time ago . |
| 5 | It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own . |
| 6 | He felt that he had been a long time away . |
| 7 | It had been a long walk so far , and it was n't over . |
| 8 | The Conservatives have been a long way ahead of Labour not just in seats ( an arbitrary effect of the electoral system ) but also in votes . |
| 9 | Oh , it 's been a long day today |
| 10 | Well it 's been a long time now . ’ |