Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [been] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this planning took place so long ago , 300 years has not been long enough for the town to develop a soul . |
| 2 | ‘ She 'd not been long in the village . |
| 3 | Since they had all been longer than I in Kampala , they were taking what all expatriates ( including all American Embassy staff ) take : chloroquine plus proguanil hydrochloride ( Paludrine , a British ICI-manufactured drug not yet approved by the American Food and Drug Administration ) . |
| 4 | I had not been long in the restaurant car : ten minutes , the length of a cognac . |
| 5 | We 've not been long here really have we ? |
| 6 | I have n't been long back . |
| 7 | But then , city dwellers have never been long on modesty . |