Example sentences of "[noun] had [been] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The past ten years had been a long , strange and often puzzling journey for Mike Oldfield . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Even in peacetime the London-Scotland journey had been a long one , but in wartime it was dreadful . |
| 5 | By now , the negotiations had been a long and tedious process . |