Example sentences of "be [adv] [art] long 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 | At least I do n't mean that — not a good show for you , I know — but frankly when you 've been down a long time it is a good show to see someone from home and get all the news . |
| 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 | You see , these up here 's been up a long time . |
| 9 | They 've been out a long time colleagues , seventeen weeks . |
| 10 | The pope did not send him a pallium until June 634 and , given the long-standing papal concern with the well-being of the church of Canterbury , a three-year interval between Honorius ' appointment and the sending of a pallium would seem to be rather a long time . |
| 11 | It will , I suspect , be rather a long time before historians adopt SGML-authoring software as their own . |
| 12 | And maybe , she thought , if I 'm lucky he 'll be away a long time and I 'll meet an interesting man . |
| 13 | Erm , a bit on the recommendations one they 're seeking approval er that erm the er tenders from are left from March nineteen ninety four to March nineteen ninety eight which seems to me to be quite a long time to let that go if we 're all a little bit concerned about what 's going on . |
| 14 | ‘ I been here a long time . |
| 15 | I have been here a long time . |
| 16 | She 's been here a long time , of course , from Father Collins 's days . |
| 17 | ‘ Been here a long time — ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You have been here a long time , masters . |
| 19 | ‘ She has been here a long time and will be here for even longer , ’ Felipe answered smoothly . |
| 20 | No I 've been I 've been here a long time like |
| 21 | She 's been here a long time , about ten years . |
| 22 | She 's been here a long time , on and off , she knows the place well . |
| 23 | This siter has been here a long time and is part of the area . |
| 24 | Because the common holly , Ilex aquifolium , has been around a long time and produced many ornamental varieties , you will find quite a few with fancy botanical names . |
| 25 | He is also much younger , 23 , than I thought — he seemed to have been around a long time . |
| 26 | Paul 's verdict : Bags have been around a long time now and Rohan can justifiably claim to have prompted other companies to come up with versions of their original . |
| 27 | Work by Dolores Piperno , at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama , shows that maize has indeed been around a long time . |
| 28 | And , of course , having been around a long time . |
| 29 | But as I 've already mentioned distributed database theory has been around a long time . |
| 30 | Some have been around a long time , others are of more recent origins . |