Example sentences of "[verb] [been] one long " in BNC.
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1 | You are all I 've got , all I 've got left to build my life on ; my life has been one long frustration , and to stand aside and see you throw yourself away on scum like … ’ |
2 | His life here has been one long series of decisions taken with difficulty , of crises resolved . |
3 | But he said it would be quite wrong to say that the country 's history had been one long mistake since the revolution . |
4 | Many of the children , even if not born in Ireland , were of Irish parents who had left behind appalling deprivation in their homeland and whose lives had been one long struggle for survival . |
5 | In fact you 've been one long disappointment , old bean . ’ |