Example sentences of "been ill for a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Stable jockey Chris Grant said : ‘ He had been ill for a long while , but carried on because his horses were his life . ’
2 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 .
3 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 … .
4 But the poor woman had been ill for a long time , although we had not realized it , and died soon after Hareton was born .
5 ‘ She 'd been ill for a long time .
6 Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February .
7 Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February .
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