Example sentences of "[vb past] been [art] long [noun sg] since " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off . |
9 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |
10 | It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it . |
11 | 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 ! |
12 | Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard . |
13 | It had been a long time since the mental barrier between herself and the watching audience had been broken … |