Example sentences of "been [adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , Curtis had informed Grant that the word on the streets was that the recent outbreak of violence and killing had been all about a territorial dispute between rival Triad and Mafia gangs . |
| 2 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
| 3 | As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ . |
| 4 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
| 5 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 6 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 7 | The man talked a lot about karma and said that they had obviously been together in a previous incarnation , but now their birthdates were not synchronized . |
| 8 | She had been away on a little holiday in Spain and knew nothing . |
| 9 | A teacher who has been away on a short course including elements of both these skills , and can therefore give useful general advice . |
| 10 | We 've been away for a long time . |
| 11 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 13 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |
| 14 | The trapped feeling must have been because she had been indoors for a long time . |
| 15 | The scene at the offices of BAeSEMA , the hi-tech computer design group , may have been more like a Blue Peter set than a serious example of the latest in navy design , but Adml Eaton appeared suitably impressed . |
| 16 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
| 17 | It has been nigh on a full month since we first made a landfall on to the north shore : since we rode in the longboat on the crest of the shining surf and I set my foot withal on this fair land in the name of the King . |
| 18 | Daisy had been back for a long time ; she looked white and pinched . |
| 19 | She had been out with a young lawyer once , a bumptious and ambitious man , and a boring one . |
| 20 | The Yorkshire captain has been out with a broken finger since the opening day of the championship season and it was thought he would not be fit until next week . |
| 21 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 22 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
| 23 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
| 25 | I mean he 's , I think we 'll miss him , but I think he 's entitled to a move he 's been here for a little while |
| 26 | Marijuana , liberalism , wild living and protestation had been around for a long time . |
| 27 | As W Somerset Maugham once pointed out , short stories have been around for a long time . |
| 28 | The principles of magnetic recording had been around for a long time . |
| 29 | Modernism , by then , had been around for a long time , and much of it looked ready to be stacked away into the attic . |
| 30 | Artificial pitches have been around for a long time , and this was particularly well illustrated in Holland , where they were rolling out their red shale-type material and putting coconut matting over it 40 years ago . |