Example sentences of "do [pron] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
2 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |
3 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
4 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
5 | The thing is they wo n't be going shopping , they wo n't be doing anything for a long time and she 's |