Example sentences of "[verb] [been] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 During recent times , the main goal of many firms may have been long term survival .
2 Having been long pent up in town , Annie and myself viewed Southall as a second Paradise , and I remember I nearly hung myself on my pin-before the very first morning after our arrival , in attempting to scale the yard gates to see the country beyond them .
3 They are usually quite a mixed group , some of whom have had bad experiences at school or have been long term truants .
4 And there have been long term er landlords there .
5 There 's been long term sensory deprivation , so it 's not surprising .
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