Example sentences of "there have [been] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been long weeks when he lay sunk in gloom and introspection . |
| 2 | There had been long , bewildering visits from the school attendance officer , from the child welfare people , the police , a probation officer , the police again , a young wife with tears and an older one with a bread knife , and the police yet again . |
| 3 | There had been long periods when I could only enter you and come in you by secretly pretending to myself that I did not know you , that you were a tart I had picked up in a bar — or on the street corner . |
| 4 | Dr Kelleher had been working in close cooperation with Dr Laurent and there had been long consultations in the Pathology Lab . |
| 5 | There had been long lines of farmers and farm workers on both sides . |
| 6 | For example , there have been long delays in hearing juvenile cases in some youth courts , where numbers of court appearances have doubled . |
| 7 | There have been long and fierce arguments , inside television , as to whether , when a play is ‘ directly based on a real-life case ’ , there should be further signals , indicating divergence from the expected norm . |
| 8 | There have been long spells out of work through a mixture of choice and lack of good stuff : ‘ I do n't think there are that many things that one wants to do . ’ |
| 9 | And there have been long term er landlords there . |
| 10 | Erm other places to watch out for in Baysford the work is continuing on David Lane and Southwick Street the crossing there is closed diversions are in place and there have been long delays in the area there so unless you have to I would n't . |
| 11 | There 's been long term sensory deprivation , so it 's not surprising . |