Example sentences of "[been] [adv] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father 's been dead a long time and he has-had — two brothers . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I only took a quick look , he 'd been dead a long time , it was n't nice , and yet — it looked like Uncle Mosse . ’ |
| 3 | Ensign Piper had been only a short time in Australia when he volunteered for duty in the convict settlement on Norfolk Island . |
| 4 | We 've been together a long time and people in the band like Paul and Mark and Gaz have a few things to prove themselves . |
| 5 | " We 've been together a long time Her voice went thick and inarticulate . |
| 6 | And she 's been away a long time for one of our ships — ever since June . |
| 7 | You 've been away a long time have n't you ? |
| 8 | ‘ I been here a long time . |
| 9 | I have been here a long time . |
| 10 | She 's been here a long time , of course , from Father Collins 's days . |
| 11 | ‘ Been here a long time — ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You have been here a long time , masters . |
| 13 | ‘ She has been here a long time and will be here for even longer , ’ Felipe answered smoothly . |
| 14 | No I 've been I 've been here a long time like |
| 15 | She 's been here a long time , about ten years . |
| 16 | She 's been here a long time , on and off , she knows the place well . |
| 17 | This siter has been here a long time and is part of the area . |
| 18 | ‘ I moved here in September so I have only been here a short time and we have had a lot of changes in the past because of the moves Eric has made , ’ she says . |
| 19 | If early on you learn phrases like " I am learning your language " , " I have only been here a short time " , " I did n't understand what you said " , and " Please repeat it more slowly " , you will at least be able to make a sensible response to anything said to you . |
| 20 | ‘ Even as a new MP , she has got a much better grounding in the way that the Treasury and Number 10 work than most MPs who 've been there a long time . ’ |
| 21 | The eaves , most of which are round the Mull of Oa and the northeast corner of the island , have been there a long time but are almost unexplored and very little s known about them , There is evidence that those at Port a Chotain , near Bholsa , had been occupied in the 17th or early 18th century . |
| 22 | An example I quote is of two particular members of staff who had been there a long time , and so , when I walked into the staff room , they were in the same seats . |
| 23 | I I ca n't comment on on comments that you are referencing , however I will say that in Maryland er we displaced an incumbent vendor who had been there a long time , er that vendor was a bit upset as you might imagine with being displaced as a vendor , and in Maryland we had a situation that kind of evolved into the same kind of political row you would expect when a company loses a long time business . |
| 24 | And wheeling them to the ship you know , then after you 'd been there a long time , well my father was a down below and I went to his shop then you see . |
| 25 | The other people that have been there a long time know it all and what they , what you say can you help me . |
| 26 | It shows how well we are conducting the service , in what is an old bedding factory , after all , and if you 've been to Winchester lately , you will have seen a six million pound record office , with with modern architecture in a prominent position in Winchester , er , which I 'm sure they 're conducting a service , but I 'll bet you that pound for pound we 're giving a far better service in Wiltshire , with our dedicated staff , who 've been there a long time . |
| 27 | Erm , er I 'll I 'll close it at two , but perhaps I could ask the the applicants erm , I mean I appreciate that obviously erm it er it economy in in in obviously in what you 're doing , but I think it it it would be fairly obviously to , I mean it 's been stated that that that that residents nearby would prefer either two bungalows or a house and a bungalow , and I think er that certainly erm new developments adjacent to where you are proposing these are in fact all bungalows , er with the exception of the mill , which of course has been there a long time , er all those on that side of the road , both those two built and those two proposed are a bungalow or a semi bungalow , er and so erm you can see that obviously it is that the height of these buildings , it is erm causing the offence , largely , erm I I think , I mean obviously you will want to main you know , optimize your er development , but whether er a scheme with two bungalows that they would n't be four bedroomed bungalows , because there would n't be room for two of the four two four bedroomed bungalows , erm |
| 28 | Well it 's been there a long time . |
| 29 | You always find wherever you are that the people who 've been there a long time get sort of erm a bit uppity , they think that they 're |
| 30 | Good god that 's been there a long time . |