Example sentences of "have [been] [verb] [prep] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The importance of readability has been upheld for so long that all manner of methods have been devised for its measurement . |
| 2 | These names are either prescribed by law ( wholemeal bread ) or clearly descriptive ( beef stew and dumpling ) or , in the case of fish fingers , the name has been used for so long that everyone knows what they are . |
| 3 | He asked members to support the motion so that the Attorney General as a member of the Government and as leader of this profession could convey to the Government our sense of disgust at the way we had been treated for so long ( sustained applause ) . |
| 4 | She was sore and uncomfortable , perhaps because she had been standing for so long and walking so much . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've been isolated for so long and we all thought we were so bloody good but now we have to accept the reality that we are not . ’ |
| 6 | The women who do , I suspect , may never see those first grey hairs at all ; they 've been highlighting for so long that the colour of their hair has always been a matter of choice . |
| 7 | Eight authors and seven illustrators have been placed on unusually long shortlists for the Carnegie and Greenaway Awards . |
| 8 | Yeah but I do n't think it 's been updated for so long . |