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

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1 Today , closer to Clapton ( geographically ) than he 's been in a long while , Anthony Newley is relishing the chance to prove he 's still up to a tough dramatic performance eight shows a week and , to follow , he has plans for a musicalised Richard III .
2 Why she was here , she could n't imagine ; but her head was clearer than it had been in a long time , which meant that she must have gone for some hours without any kind of an injection .
3 She had no wish to hurt Anna and besides , how could she complain when the truth was that she was happier here at the palazzo than she 'd been in a long time ?
4 He says they are in a long term partnership with our local hospitals and they want to do all they can to support them .
5 She remembered that John 's only rehearsal place at the time was in a long room above a sundry warehouse in Lower Moseley Street .
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