Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] for a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | José Napoleón Duarte , 64 , President of El Salvador in 1980-1982 and 1984-1989 , died on Feb. 23 after suffering for a long time from cancer . |
| 2 | It has been taken for granted for a long time that criticism and the academy go naturally together , and a large pedagogic and publishing industry has been built on that assumption . |
| 3 | Ann has n't done a lot of cooking for a long time though , have you really ? |
| 4 | The two silent watchers dropped to the ground and stayed there without moving for a long time . |
| 5 | Hambro Countrywide 's shares soared 7p to 36p on Hill 's bullish comments , boosting its market value by nearly 25% , as the stock market savoured the first piece of good news about housing for a long time . |