Example sentences of "had be [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been a long time living in a hole in the ground , let's hope things get better . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It had been a long hot day on the farm where I help my father with his large dairy herd . |
| 4 | It had been a long , slow journey from Odessa and although it was already 1am there were still many more official forms to fill out before their new life in Israel could begin . |
| 5 | It had been a long ride to an enclosure full of low single-storeyed huts of corrugated iron with cinder paths around , and all set in a large flat field of sparse greying grass . |
| 6 | By now , the negotiations had been a long and tedious process . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Although there had been a long established tradition of community and private forestry schemes , it was not until the launching of the Saemol Undong ( or New Community Movement ) in 1970 that it was possible to conceive of a nation-wide forestry policy and programme . |
| 9 | It had been a long walk so far , and it was n't over . |
| 10 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It had been a long day . ’ |
| 13 | He then telephoned Nigel 's relations for me , for which I was most grateful — it had been a long day . |
| 14 | That had been a long meeting . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | There had been a long struggle . |
| 18 | It had been a long , tiring business and his hands were sore and chafed from the ropes . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed rubbing cream into her back . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The past ten years had been a long , strange and often puzzling journey for Mike Oldfield . |
| 24 | There had been a long time when he had been surrounded by wire and bars . |
| 25 | It had been a long , tiring day … first this big house to be cleaned , then the uphill trek to church and Sunday service ; next came the lunch , which took hours to prepare and only minutes to devour ; this was followed by the inevitable mountain of washing up . |
| 26 | It had been a long day . |
| 27 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
| 28 | Billie was fast asleep ; it had been a long and boring trip for someone crammed in the back . |
| 29 | Blast , it had been a long night . |
| 30 | It had been a long , long day . |