Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] a long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Is this a new disease , something we 've discovered recently , or has it been around for a long time ? |
| 32 | She felt as if she were not really there , as if she had not really been there for a long time . |
| 33 | He told me he had been there for a long time dying . |
| 34 | Er although most people think it 's been there for a long time , it has n't . |
| 35 | The social dimension of the Community has been there for a long time . |
| 36 | " Signs of a coming plateau have been there for a long time and are now getting better and better " , according to independent consultant Richard Kimberlin . |
| 37 | I mean these have n't just been put here , they 've been there for a long time ! |
| 38 | It 's their intention to leave the boat station there , but as a boat hiring station only , and to let rent that to somebody , not to have boat building enterprises , not to have a car park , not to have a chandlery and so on which was put there by the person whose who used to own it , and we will recoup all of that money from renting that boat station so it can be run as a boat hiring station again , and from three or four of the moorings that are will have been there for a long time , with proper permission . |
| 39 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 40 | Er what sort of relationship did you have with with the men , did you er particularly thinking that you you were still for a long time after that , the the branch secretary of the union as well you know . |
| 41 | ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse . |
| 42 | ‘ We 've been apart for a long time . |
| 43 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 44 | It was not until a long time afterwards that Catriona thought she understood the reason Sarah seemed young , which was simple : she looked directly at everyone and let them look back at her . |
| 45 | that may mean that we meet a demoralized norwich team away on saturday — or — that they got boosted by their fine performance — ekoku was back after a long time injury for norwich . |
| 46 | For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating . |
| 47 | ‘ I was there for a long time , but I ca n't remember anyone visiting me . |