Example sentences of "it have [been] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better .
32 It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop .
33 It had been a long time since he had felt like that .
34 It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan .
35 Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World .
36 It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back .
37 She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive .
38 It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain .
39 It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago .
40 It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off .
41 It had been a long time since she had felt this way .
42 It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own .
43 It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it .
44 It had been a long time since she 'd met anyone even remotely interesting , and whatever this man was he certainly was n't remote !
45 Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard .
46 It had been a long time since the mental barrier between herself and the watching audience had been broken …
47 He thought again about his parents , but it had been a long time and he became angry with himself because he could no longer picture their faces like before .
48 Cold winter maybe , but it had been a long summer that ended that afternoon , from Powell , through the May Events and , at the end of August , the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia , which had again pulled the demonstrators on to the streets , but on this occasion down to Notting Hill and Olympia , the homes of the Czech and Soviet embassies , and an ill-timed eastern bloc trade exhibition .
49 It 's been a long road back from those dark and confused days , and Pam is grateful for whatever she can achieve these days .
50 It 's been a long road , ’ said their coach , Toni Szifris , who has guided the nucleus of the team from a group of minis , playing in Portobello , through high school .
51 It 's been a long journey .
52 It 's been a long drive .
53 It 's been a long tour .
54 It 's been a long day . ’
55 It 's been a long day of trundling past an infinity of fir trees , and photographer Ridgers has hardly survived it .
56 It 's been a long day .
57 ‘ I know it 's been a long day but I want you to drive to Sion tonight .
58 It 's been a long day .
59 It 's been a long day .
60 ‘ But it 's been a long day for Sam , so if you do n't mind I 'll send him home .
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