Example sentences of "been [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | One lad , belonging to a respected family , had been given a long sentence although he and local residents emphatically maintained that he was not at the scene of the incident for which he was convicted . |
| 2 | I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence . |
| 3 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 4 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 5 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
| 6 | This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’ |
| 7 | Solid fuel is the heating fuel we have been using the longest . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
| 9 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 10 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 11 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 12 | I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water . |
| 13 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 14 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 15 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 16 | There were only three crumpled cigarette-packs , a sign that whoever had been in the truck had possibly been waiting a long time . |
| 17 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 18 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 19 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 20 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |
| 21 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
| 22 | She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’ |
| 23 | for everything had been bought a long time ago |
| 24 | Chunnel cynics think the high profile of the rabies defences is meant to draw attention away from the real hazards of what 's been called the longest crematorium in the world |
| 25 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 26 | Back on his farm a few miles from a crash site , Mr Hayton said he 'd been expecting a longer sentence . |
| 27 | She is seen to suffer for what she did , and Mary , the other sister , likewise ‘ paid heavily ’ : let down by an Indian student with whom she had been having a long affair . |
| 28 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 29 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |
| 30 | Throughout his days at Chelsea , Gallacher had been contesting a long and painful divorce case with his first wife . |