Example sentences of "it had [been] a long " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | It had been a long day . |
| 33 | 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 ! |
| 34 | It had been a long , hard day and Owen would have quite liked a whisky . |
| 35 | Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard . |
| 36 | It had been a long , hot , fruitless morning . |
| 37 | It had been a long and eventful day . |
| 38 | It had been a long time since the mental barrier between herself and the watching audience had been broken … |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | They both drank , conscious that it had been a long afternoon , and Shelley at least was thirsty . |
| 41 | It had been a long day and she had absorbed a lot of information on the subject that was uppermost in her mind . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | He thought again about his parents , but it had been a long time and he became angry with himself because he could no longer picture their faces like before . |
| 44 | It had been a long day — the children safely delivered to Grandma , the freezer full of food ( for a husband to cope on his own ) , leotards and tights packed along with all the other paraphernalia needed for a Medau display . |