Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was taking a long time ! |
| 2 | Ooh I was taken a long time ago . |
| 3 | I was wondering a long time . |
| 4 | She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning . |
| 5 | They were gone a long time . |
| 6 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 7 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
| 8 | She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time . |
| 9 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |