Example sentences of "[vb past] for a very [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her face looked anguished as if she had been secretly angry and victimized for a very long time and it was just beginning to seep out . |
| 2 | From a therapeutic aspect , penicillin was marvellous because it cured many dangerous bacterial infections , but it was tiresome because it was inactive by mouth ( it was destroyed by the acidity of the stomach contents ) , it acted for a very short time ( it was rapidly excreted by the kidneys ) and so was of little value unless given by injection at intervals of not longer than 3 hours , and because , after a time , the normal processes of evolution led to the appearance of resistant strains of the microbes which had previously been sensitive to penicillin . |
| 3 | The 'phone rang for a very long time and when Mrs Pettifer eventually answered she sounded quite put out . |
| 4 | The saturation resulted in rain , which fell for a very long time . |
| 5 | The man at Capital told me to hold on , and I waited for a very long time . |
| 6 | Miranda fled , unseeing down the dark passage to the lavatory where she sat for a very long time feeling sick to her stomach . |