Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] an [adv] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime Emilia was in her room still , fussing for an unconscionably long time over her appearance . |
| 2 | Julius stared at her for what seemed like an extraordinarily long time . |
| 3 | She reached across the desk , grabbed the instrument and began tapping out a number with the angry , impatient air of someone who has been kept waiting for an unacceptably long time . |
| 4 | ‘ It might seem like an awful long time to be working on a debut album , but we 're were n't going to be rushed , ’ says Dermot . |
| 5 | She also turned out to be the last close friend I had for an awfully long time . |