Example sentences of "be ill for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old John Knox had been ill for a long time and , two years after I joined the firm , he was told that he must retire . |
| 2 | Very often I spend long days on my allotment , and cook quite nice dinners of , say , breast of mutton and peas and fruit off the allotment for myself and a [ woman ] friend who has been ill for a long time … . |
| 3 | But the poor woman had been ill for a long time , although we had not realized it , and died soon after Hareton was born . |
| 4 | ‘ She 'd been ill for a long time . |
| 5 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 6 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 7 | He had been ill for a short time and when uremic poisoning developed , he was moved to a private ward in the Moose Jaw General Hospital . |
| 8 | He was ill for a long time . |