Sentence examples for had been years from inspiring English sources

It had been years!

It had been years in coming.

She resisted; it had been years since she'd peddled anything.

It had been years since these two met.

It had been years since ETA had made such an elementary mistake.

It had been years since his mind was so clear or focussed.

There had been years in which they'd seen little of each other.

It had been years since I even thought of the affair.

A spokeswoman said it had been years since the studio organized such an expensive DVD event.

They said the deepening conservatism had been years in the making.

To be fair, Democrats were fighting forces that had been years in the making.