Example sentences of "[vb past] been [v-ing] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence . |
| 2 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 3 | I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water . |
| 4 | Throughout his days at Chelsea , Gallacher had been contesting a long and painful divorce case with his first wife . |
| 5 | She is seen to suffer for what she did , and Mary , the other sister , likewise ‘ paid heavily ’ : let down by an Indian student with whom she had been having a long affair . |
| 6 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |