Example sentences of "'ve been [adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I 've been I 've been here a long time like |
| 2 | You 've been away a long time have n't you ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | " We 've been together a long time Her voice went thick and inarticulate . |
| 9 | They 've been out a long time colleagues , seventeen weeks . |