Example sentences of "[pron] have be long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There had been long lines of farmers and farm workers on both sides .
2 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 .
3 There had been long weeks when he lay sunk in gloom and introspection .
4 Dr Kelleher had been working in close cooperation with Dr Laurent and there had been long consultations in the Pathology Lab .
5 For example , there have been long delays in hearing juvenile cases in some youth courts , where numbers of court appearances have doubled .
6 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 .
7 And there have been long term er landlords there .
8 There 's been long term sensory deprivation , so it 's not surprising .
9 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 .
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