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 . |