Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] for a long " in BNC.
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1 | I was relaxing for a long time . |
2 | ‘ You were talking for a long time , ’ she said . |
3 | We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were . |
4 | Has he been working for a long time ? |
5 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
6 | It was thought for a long time that he was a Carthusian but there is no firm evidence for this . |
7 | He was screaming for a long time before he fell , and we could hear that he was running as he screamed . |
8 | " I love foliage and I think you have to rely a lot on that in small gardens because you do n't have room to leave dormant areas where nothing is happening for a long period , " she says . |