Example sentences of "had [been] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morale on the shop floor was higher than it had been for a long year and an unhealthy atmosphere of optimism and hope pervaded the plant . |
| 2 | Mick was less fortunate , and when I awoke in the depressing gloom of dawn , he reported that the weather was very much better than it had been for a long time . |
| 3 | She left a little while later , happier than she had been for a long time . |
| 4 | The war had been over a long time . |
| 5 | Why she was here , she could n't imagine ; but her head was clearer than it had been in a long time , which meant that she must have gone for some hours without any kind of an injection . |