Example sentences of "[v-ing] for a [adv] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I literally stopped seeing for a very long time . |
| 2 | In the meantime Emilia was in her room still , fussing for an unconscionably long time over her appearance . |
| 3 | Some have been living for a disconcertingly long time in museums ; but once doubted , the evidence of inadequacy in a fake is quite often soon in coming . |
| 4 | She reached across the desk , grabbed the instrument and began tapping out a number with the angry , impatient air of someone who has been kept waiting for an unacceptably long time . |
| 5 | Mr Deukmejian , who was elected governor in 1982 , has been trying for a mighty long time to get the death penalty enforced in California . |