Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Train services on the Esk Valley line were delayed for a short time and the Sprinter train was allowed to continue its journey after it had been examined by experts . |
| 2 | The Leeward Islands had tried to ignore Carlisle 's lieutenant-governor as early as the 1630s , and when the islands became royal colonies in the 1660s they were treated for a short time as separate communities , with each island being regarded as an individual colony . |
| 3 | The Tynedale Fenwicks and the Liddesdale Elliots were involved for a long time in a savage , unyielding feud ; and the Armstrongs , among their many clashes , quarrelled simultaneously with the Scottish Turnbulls and Johnstones and with the English Bells , while the Bells were also feuding with the English Grahams . |
| 4 | ‘ You were talking for a long time , ’ she said . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | As lithium salts were not amenable to being patented , they did not attract the attention of the drug industry : also they had a bad reputation for their toxic effects , and so Cade 's findings were neglected for a long time . |
| 7 | She was joined for a short time by another dancer back from war service , Alan Carter . |
| 8 | Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time . |
| 9 | The case was heard for a second time in mid-1986 , when he was convicted on six counts of espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment , but the verdict was later overturned . |
| 10 | At this point I could have gone home , foreseeing a frustrating week ahead full of missed takes ; nevertheless after a few words ( all unprintable ) from Rick the cat rod was recast for a third time . |
| 11 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 12 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
| 13 | I was relaxing for a long time . |
| 14 | Once examined , the church was opened for a short time so that the locals could view the remains prior to the coffin being resealed and put back ‘ as near as circumstances would admit , in status quo ’ . |
| 15 | It was thought for a long time that he was a Carthusian but there is no firm evidence for this . |
| 16 | The horn was sounded for a third time , a single blast , long and mournful . |
| 17 | She thought afterwards , and was to think for a long time , that it was Sophie and Teodor who saved her . |
| 18 | He was screaming for a long time before he fell , and we could hear that he was running as he screamed . |