Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
| 6 | I was relaxing for a long time . |
| 7 | It was thought for a long time that he was a Carthusian but there is no firm evidence for this . |
| 8 | She thought afterwards , and was to think for a long time , that it was Sophie and Teodor who saved her . |
| 9 | He was screaming for a long time before he fell , and we could hear that he was running as he screamed . |