Example sentences of "'ve [been] [adv] a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 've been here a long while , have n't you , Raech ?
2 No I 've been I 've been here a long time like
3 You 've been away a long time have n't you ?
4 At least I do n't mean that — not a good show for you , I know — but frankly when you 've been down a long time it is a good show to see someone from home and get all the news .
5 ‘ Even as a new MP , she has got a much better grounding in the way that the Treasury and Number 10 work than most MPs who 've been there a long time . ’
6 It shows how well we are conducting the service , in what is an old bedding factory , after all , and if you 've been to Winchester lately , you will have seen a six million pound record office , with with modern architecture in a prominent position in Winchester , er , which I 'm sure they 're conducting a service , but I 'll bet you that pound for pound we 're giving a far better service in Wiltshire , with our dedicated staff , who 've been there a long time .
7 You always find wherever you are that the people who 've been there a long time get sort of erm a bit uppity , they think that they 're
8 We 've been together a long time and people in the band like Paul and Mark and Gaz have a few things to prove themselves .
9 " We 've been together a long time Her voice went thick and inarticulate .
10 ‘ We 've been out a long while already .
11 They 've been out a long time colleagues , seventeen weeks .
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