Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [be] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gooch 's biography has been a long time coming but Ivo Tennant has been thorough in his survey of hitherto uncharted waters , and the wait has been worthwhile . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , watching the AX 's fuel gauge fall to empty is a long and tedious vigil . |
| 3 | The Conservatives have been a long way ahead of Labour not just in seats ( an arbitrary effect of the electoral system ) but also in votes . |
| 4 | The past ten years had been a long , strange and often puzzling journey for Mike Oldfield . |
| 5 | In a way , the revolution had been a long time coming and somewhat contained in America , despite the reactions of the mass media which had been — like all conservative America — horrified , if not titillated by the lurid images of beat youth . |
| 6 | Maybe because tonight the warning had been a long time sounding , had started its tormented wailing just when everyone began to think the bombers were n't coming . |
| 7 | Even in peacetime the London-Scotland journey had been a long one , but in wartime it was dreadful . |
| 8 | But Boogie 's TriAxis has been a long time coming , and there are great expectations to live up to … |
| 9 | Study and classification of the Bearsden finds is a long and laborious business but Dr Michael Coates of Cambridge hopes very shortly to be able to publish the names and details in scientific journals . |
| 10 | By now , the negotiations had been a long and tedious process . |
| 11 | The middle school which both her older boys attended was a long walk from her home and made little or no attempt to involve parents . |
| 12 | Being the sinless character that I am , my quest for a sin has been a long and arduous task ( which started five minutes ago ) . |