Example sentences of "[verb] [be] a long [noun sg] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
| 2 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |
| 3 | It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop . |
| 4 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
| 5 | It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan . |
| 6 | Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World . |
| 7 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
| 8 | She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive . |
| 9 | It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain . |
| 10 | It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off . |
| 11 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |
| 12 | It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it . |
| 13 | It had been a long time since she 'd met anyone even remotely interesting , and whatever this man was he certainly was n't remote ! |
| 14 | Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard . |
| 15 | It had been a long time since the mental barrier between herself and the watching audience had been broken … |
| 16 | IT 'S been a long time since Sister Jacques-Marie took her clothes off for public viewing . |
| 17 | It 's been a long time since a league game was played at Molyneux against Stoke . |
| 18 | But first of all I 'd like to congratulate the officers on the report er I 'm sure that those people who have been reading the reports and officers of the County Council for some years er will have probably er , er it 's been a long time since they 've read one that 's been expressed in such strong terms . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's been a long time since I 've been in the semis of a Grand Slam tournament . ’ |
| 20 | It 's been a long time since you left us , but you 're more than welcome though on your return and do n't be so long before you come again . |