Example sentences of "[been] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 31 | He 's been gone a long time |
| 32 | ‘ Therese and Loulou , ’ said Giles , ‘ have been married a long time . |
| 33 | Where direct rule had been established a long time — in India , for example — it provided a framework in which there could grow an acceptance of European ideas of political organization . |