Example sentences of "[verb] been long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then much of this leeway was made up and the capacity being there er , well the hours of work were getting tackled then , they 'd been longer hours and er I think as a a boy coming out of apprenticeship , er the forty seven hour week had come into being . |
| 2 | Indeed , sometimes it is not very useful , as there may have been long periods without any clear artistic developments , such as the Roman empire of the fourth and fifth centuries or the early medieval period . |
| 3 | During recent times , the main goal of many firms may have been long term survival . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Originally the Wabi and Public Windows Interface announcement were to be made separately , with Public Windows Interface slated for May 19 , and there were said to have been long discussions over the wisdom of fusing the two together . |
| 6 | There had been long lines of farmers and farm workers on both sides . |
| 7 | There had been long periods when I could only enter you and come in you by secretly pretending to myself that I did not know you , that you were a tart I had picked up in a bar — or on the street corner . |
| 8 | Dr Kelleher had been working in close cooperation with Dr Laurent and there had been long consultations in the Pathology Lab . |
| 9 | There had been long weeks when he lay sunk in gloom and introspection . |
| 10 | They are usually quite a mixed group , some of whom have had bad experiences at school or have been long term truants . |
| 11 | And there have been long term er landlords there . |
| 12 | For example , there have been long delays in hearing juvenile cases in some youth courts , where numbers of court appearances have doubled . |
| 13 | Erm other places to watch out for in Baysford the work is continuing on David Lane and Southwick Street the crossing there is closed diversions are in place and there have been long delays in the area there so unless you have to I would n't . |
| 14 | There 's been long term sensory deprivation , so it 's not surprising . |