Example sentences of "it have [been] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phil Farrand says it is brilliant … it has been a long slog and has meant a lot of hard work |
| 2 | To a few of us it may seem like only yesterday , but to the Princess , I suspect , it has been a long decade , for she has completed a most extraordinary metamorphosis . |
| 3 | It has been a long day , but there are still a couple of hours to run , and this is Berlin , where anything can happen . |
| 4 | Everyone is contemplating an early night — it has been a long day , one of the busiest for a while . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't usually do that , but it has been a long day . ’ |
| 6 | God it 's only quarter past two , it has been a long day in n it ? |
| 7 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
| 8 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 9 | It has been a long time . |
| 10 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |
| 11 | With more and more database engines sitting on networked servers , it has been a long time coming — the tricky bit , says Shandell is implementing ‘ remote queue pointers ’ . |
| 12 | It has been a long time coming , and apparently impatient fans bombard the Pan press office weekly for information on its appearance . |
| 13 | ‘ It has been a long time , Warren , ’ she said evenly . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , it has been a long time , and I expect you and Marissa … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Well , ’ she taunted foolishly , ‘ it has been a long time . ’ |
| 16 | Blast , it had been a long night . |
| 17 | They both drank , conscious that it had been a long afternoon , and Shelley at least was thirsty . |
| 18 | It had been a long day . ’ |
| 19 | He then telephoned Nigel 's relations for me , for which I was most grateful — it had been a long day . |
| 20 | It had been a long day — twelve hours with Mobuto , eight of those in the United Nations building where Mobuto and his entourage had spent the day . |
| 21 | It had been a long day . |
| 22 | It had been a long day for him already , and if he made it back before nine he was going to be lucky . |
| 23 | It had been a long day at the end of a busy week , but that was n't all of it . |
| 24 | It had been a long day . |
| 25 | It had been a long day and she had absorbed a lot of information on the subject that was uppermost in her mind . |
| 26 | It had been a long day for our guests , as they had left La Loupe at 1Opm on the Friday evening , so it was home to bed for a good night 's sleep , ready for a full day exploring on the Sunday . |
| 27 | It had been a long day — the children safely delivered to Grandma , the freezer full of food ( for a husband to cope on his own ) , leotards and tights packed along with all the other paraphernalia needed for a Medau display . |
| 28 | It had been a long ride to an enclosure full of low single-storeyed huts of corrugated iron with cinder paths around , and all set in a large flat field of sparse greying grass . |
| 29 | It had been a long walk so far , and it was n't over . |
| 30 | It had been a long walk , but Travis was barely breathing hard , a fact she wished she had n't noticed because it underlined his strength and she found that such a potent attraction . |