Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to be gone for a long time . |
| 2 | In a hospital or a bank , where records have to be kept for a long time , the files would not be deleted routinely , but stored in archives until the expiry of the prescribed storage period . |
| 3 | If an experiment produces animals that are to be kept for a long period , or that are to form the basis of a breeding colony . |
| 4 | Basilican churches continued to be built for a long time but many variations of form developed , with one dominant theme : a dome , or domes over an open space below . |
| 5 | It has to be cooked for a long time because of its size , but it will still be pink in the middle and have a succulence to it . |
| 6 | Also , the slow course of the disease implied that any drug would have to be given for a long time in order to be effective and so would have to be particularly harmless to patients . |
| 7 | The picture was not seen as ‘ a moment of time ’ but the wings were assumed to be spread for a long period ( Goldsmith , 1984 , pp.2–3 ) . |