Example sentences of "been long [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all know how the week runs away with official interviews and calls , and how difficult it is to remember all the people with whom you ought to keep in touch , but when I think of the number of things which people of different types , like Lady Londonderry and Lady St Helier and others , have got settled by letting people meet at the dinner table , I despair of a man who never sees even those who have been longest in office on any occasion . |
| 2 | Vision moves to and fro between the vessels , setting up a visual and , if one has been long at sea , an emotional tension between them . |
| 3 | But then , city dwellers have never been long on modesty . |
| 4 | From his porch , Joseph watched with a sullen and rather bleary eye : the night had been long on reminiscence and several barrels had been tapped to celebrate old victories . |
| 5 | They knew from their own and others ' research that there was a diminishing prospect for children returning home once they had been long in care . |