Example sentences of "it have been [art] long " in BNC.
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| 31 | It had been a long day — twelve hours with Mobuto , eight of those in the United Nations building where Mobuto and his entourage had spent the day . |
| 32 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | It had been a long , tiring day … first this big house to be cleaned , then the uphill trek to church and Sunday service ; next came the lunch , which took hours to prepare and only minutes to devour ; this was followed by the inevitable mountain of washing up . |
| 36 | It had been a long day . |
| 37 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
| 38 | Billie was fast asleep ; it had been a long and boring trip for someone crammed in the back . |
| 39 | Blast , it had been a long night . |
| 40 | It had been a long , long day . |
| 41 | And God , it had been a long one : Simon Franks , Maggie Parkin , Jane Pargeter , David Parkin . |
| 42 | It had been a long day for him already , and if he made it back before nine he was going to be lucky . |
| 43 | It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off . |
| 44 | It had been a long day at the end of a busy week , but that was n't all of it . |
| 45 | It had been a long and exhausting day , and she had to admit that she felt as tired as he looked . |
| 46 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |
| 47 | It had been a long time ago and the jungle had reclaimed its own . |
| 48 | It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it . |
| 49 | Cold winter maybe , but it had been a long summer that ended that afternoon , from Powell , through the May Events and , at the end of August , the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia , which had again pulled the demonstrators on to the streets , but on this occasion down to Notting Hill and Olympia , the homes of the Czech and Soviet embassies , and an ill-timed eastern bloc trade exhibition . |
| 50 | It had been a long day . |
| 51 | 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 ! |
| 52 | It had been a long , hard day and Owen would have quite liked a whisky . |
| 53 | Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard . |
| 54 | It had been a long , hot , fruitless morning . |
| 55 | It had been a long and eventful day . |
| 56 | It had been a long time since the mental barrier between herself and the watching audience had been broken … |
| 57 | It had been a long walk , but Travis was barely breathing hard , a fact she wished she had n't noticed because it underlined his strength and she found that such a potent attraction . |
| 58 | They both drank , conscious that it had been a long afternoon , and Shelley at least was thirsty . |
| 59 | It had been a long day and she had absorbed a lot of information on the subject that was uppermost in her mind . |
| 60 | It had been a long day for our guests , as they had left La Loupe at 1Opm on the Friday evening , so it was home to bed for a good night 's sleep , ready for a full day exploring on the Sunday . |