Example sentences of "be [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 | 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 . |
| 9 | It will , I suspect , be rather a long time before historians adopt SGML-authoring software as their own . |
| 10 | However , I 'm sure that it will be only a short time before the imaginative gentleman of this funeral business ( or after-care service , as it apparently now likes to be called ) will overcome these problems that in any case may be outweighed by one great advantage to which he points with pride : namely , that it is above all discreet , in that the girlfriend of the departed may view at any time , giving any name , and the wife and family will be none the wiser ! |
| 11 | If they were to become a matter of routine , it would be only a short time before the public , understandably , viewed the process with suspicion and mistrust . |
| 12 | If they were to become a matter of routine , it would be only a short time before the public , understandably , viewed the process with suspicion and mistrust . |
| 13 | She did not confirm for them that she had been meeting an escaped prisoner and she did not explain the significance of the print-out , but they clearly knew the first and it would be only a short time before they worked out the second . |
| 14 | And maybe , she thought , if I 'm lucky he 'll be away a long time and I 'll meet an interesting man . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I been here a long time . |
| 17 | I have been here a long time . |
| 18 | She 's been here a long time , of course , from Father Collins 's days . |
| 19 | ‘ Been here a long time — ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You have been here a long time , masters . |
| 21 | ‘ She has been here a long time and will be here for even longer , ’ Felipe answered smoothly . |
| 22 | No I 've been I 've been here a long time like |
| 23 | She 's been here a long time , about ten years . |
| 24 | She 's been here a long time , on and off , she knows the place well . |
| 25 | This siter has been here a long time and is part of the area . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |