Example sentences of "[pron] had been a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there had been a long established tradition of community and private forestry schemes , it was not until the launching of the Saemol Undong ( or New Community Movement ) in 1970 that it was possible to conceive of a nation-wide forestry policy and programme . |
| 2 | There had been a long struggle . |
| 3 | There had been a long time when he had been surrounded by wire and bars . |
| 4 | However , there had been a long and consistent course of dealing which was adhered to on this occasion . |
| 5 | There had been a long list of such casualties in Libby 's life , this was just another . |
| 6 | She did not know what sort of oddness to imagine , but they had been a long time and there had been peculiar noises . |
| 7 | It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better . |
| 8 | It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop . |
| 9 | It had been a long hot day on the farm where I help my father with his large dairy herd . |
| 10 | It had been a long , slow journey from Odessa and although it was already 1am there were still many more official forms to fill out before their new life in Israel could begin . |
| 11 | It had been a long ride to an enclosure full of low single-storeyed huts of corrugated iron with cinder paths around , and all set in a large flat field of sparse greying grass . |
| 12 | It had been a long walk so far , and it was n't over . |
| 13 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
| 14 | It had been a long day . ’ |
| 15 | He then telephoned Nigel 's relations for me , for which I was most grateful — it had been a long day . |
| 16 | It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan . |
| 17 | Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World . |
| 18 | It had been a long , tiring business and his hands were sore and chafed from the ropes . |
| 19 | It had been a long day — twelve hours with Mobuto , eight of those in the United Nations building where Mobuto and his entourage had spent the day . |
| 20 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
| 21 | She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive . |
| 22 | It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain . |
| 23 | It had been a long , tiring day … first this big house to be cleaned , then the uphill trek to church and Sunday service ; next came the lunch , which took hours to prepare and only minutes to devour ; this was followed by the inevitable mountain of washing up . |
| 24 | It had been a long day . |
| 25 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
| 26 | Billie was fast asleep ; it had been a long and boring trip for someone crammed in the back . |
| 27 | Blast , it had been a long night . |
| 28 | It had been a long , long day . |
| 29 | And God , it had been a long one : Simon Franks , Maggie Parkin , Jane Pargeter , David Parkin . |
| 30 | It had been a long day for him already , and if he made it back before nine he was going to be lucky . |