Example sentences of "had [been] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They both drank , conscious that it had been a long afternoon , and Shelley at least was thirsty . |
| 2 | It had been a long day . ’ |
| 3 | He then telephoned Nigel 's relations for me , for which I was most grateful — it had been a long day . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It had been a long day . |
| 6 | It had been a long day for him already , and if he made it back before nine he was going to be lucky . |
| 7 | It had been a long day at the end of a busy week , but that was n't all of it . |
| 8 | It had been a long day . |
| 9 | It had been a long day and she had absorbed a lot of information on the subject that was uppermost in her mind . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There had been a long struggle . |
| 13 | Blast , it had been a long night . |
| 14 | It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better . |
| 15 | It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop . |
| 16 | In a way , the revolution had been a long time coming and somewhat contained in America , despite the reactions of the mass media which had been — like all conservative America — horrified , if not titillated by the lurid images of beat youth . |
| 17 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
| 18 | Maybe because tonight the warning had been a long time sounding , had started its tormented wailing just when everyone began to think the bombers were n't coming . |
| 19 | It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan . |
| 20 | Because of the ancient feud with the Dwarfs , it had been a long time since any High Elf had set foot on the Old World . |
| 21 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | There had been a long time when he had been surrounded by wire and bars . |
| 25 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
| 26 | She did not know what sort of oddness to imagine , but they had been a long time and there had been peculiar noises . |
| 27 | That had been a long time ago . |
| 28 | But that had been a long time ago . |
| 29 | It had been a long time since I — ’ He broke off . |
| 30 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |