Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 2 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 3 | He said Thompson had been involved in a traffic accident in which he had suffered a head injury and been concussed for a short time . |
| 4 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 5 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
| 6 | Finally , the most convincing evidence for residual function in animals comes from studies using very coarse stimuli that are presented for a long time . |
| 7 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 8 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 9 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 10 | And party-goers who 're looking for a good time are being warned they 'll find nothing but trouble at illegal raves . |
| 11 | I 'm sure that if he had said something he never have betrayed the pain he had been guarding for a long time . |
| 12 | ‘ I have been waiting for a long time to get my hands on this one ’ , a review of Nicolson by Kingsley Amis began . |
| 13 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 14 | it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time . |
| 15 | which again has been used for a long time on animals . |
| 16 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 17 | Some ore was so intermixed with gangue however , that the concentration by hand was extremely laborious and the mill must have been needed for a long time . |
| 18 | I think it 's been closed for a long time actually . |
| 19 | A CD is a negotiable bearer instrument issued by a bank which certifies that a stated sum has been deposited for a specific time period at a particular interest rate . |
| 20 | They must have been riding for a long time , but there was no sign of a large town , only a solitary light shining ahead . |
| 21 | Erm the views of the er of the subcommittee are that that this does appear to be er perhaps a practical solution er and at the moment , er we are looking to erm make some of the spaces , certainly in the Church Street car park erm short term , I E two hours , certainly so the people who are who are making shopping visits , or visits to the banks et cetera would get the lower car park and the the people who are staying for a longer time would be at the top . |
| 22 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |
| 23 | Piano keys made with synthetic resins or polymer fibres eventually become slippery with sweat from the pianist 's fingers after been played for a long time . |
| 24 | ‘ These events are occurring now because human rights have been violated for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 25 | It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’ |
| 26 | Many of these children had been attending for a long time , so they already knew many things , specially the important things like how to stand in line and what to do when your pen-nib broke . |
| 27 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 28 | Can I just draw people 's attention to the very last point which was made in case any one sending large sums of cash through the post office , erm , it , it 's been running for a long time |
| 29 | It had been known for a long time that histamine was responsible for producing many allergies and the first antihistamine drug was produced in France in 1937 . |
| 30 | Other diuretics have been known for a long time , especially arsenical compounds of mercury . |