Example sentences of "it had be [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Blast , it had been a long night .
2 They both drank , conscious that it had been a long afternoon , and Shelley at least was thirsty .
3 It had been a long day . ’
4 He then telephoned Nigel 's relations for me , for which I was most grateful — it had been a long day .
5 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 .
6 It had been a long day .
7 It had been a long day for him already , and if he made it back before nine he was going to be lucky .
8 It had been a long day at the end of a busy week , but that was n't all of it .
9 It had been a long day .
10 It had been a long day and she had absorbed a lot of information on the subject that was uppermost in her mind .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 It had been a long walk so far , and it was n't over .
15 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 .
16 It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better .
17 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 .
18 It had been a long time since he had felt like that .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago .
25 It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off .
26 It had been a long time since she had felt this way .
27 It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own .
28 It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it .
29 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 !
30 Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard .
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