Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] [verb] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , even where it has been demonstrated that long tails are costly but are preferred by choosy females , resolving how such preferences have evolved is difficult , particularly if females gain no direct benefits from their choice of mating partners . |
| 2 | His eyes were hollow , dark rimmed with fatigue and worry ; his skin was unnaturally pale , the skin of a man who has been kept too long from the light . |
| 3 | He has been working very long hours setting up in business here in er in this area er he gets home late at night and I 'm afraid to say that over the last few months he 's been nagged continuously by his girlfriend who wants him to try and sort out financial arrangements because the relationship between the two of them 's not been very good . |
| 4 | ‘ I expect she 's been sitting too long in the sun , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Sixty foot drops are not really much to write home about when someone 's been caving as long as he has . |