Example sentences of "been [prep] [noun] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he said quickly , for the first time sounding awkward , " You have been with Jasper a long time , have n't you ? " |
| 2 | ‘ You ca n't sack a man because of his friends , ’ he said forthrightly , ‘ and Caretaker 's family have been in Medewich a long time . |
| 3 | It will mainly be because they have been in office a long time , and because of the recession . |
| 4 | We have been in business a long time and not being selected by one particular country is not going to have a significant effect on us at all . ’ |
| 5 | They go with the will of the people and the will of the people is to go along with the President , I 've been in politics a long time . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been at sea a long time . |