Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [been] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The damage was double : the exposure to the flames had been long enough to cause severe burns to his face , head and hands ; worse , he had been forced , as the flames consumed the oxygen , to inhale volatile fuel and smoke , both of which critically affected his lungs and blood . |
| 2 | Although the story has been long and widely recounted ( John Prebble 's heartbreaking book , Culloden , brings the event to life ) , nothing compares with walking the field , seeing the small cairns marking where clansmen fell , measuring the rides of the horse-troops . |
| 3 | Gradually she had come to terms with it , accepted it as a fact of life , though the grief had been longer in going and the sadness was still sometimes there , an echo in the night . |
| 4 | From his porch , Joseph watched with a sullen and rather bleary eye : the night had been long on reminiscence and several barrels had been tapped to celebrate old victories . |
| 5 | The journey had been long , hot and tiring and to add to my list I did n't really want to come home . |