Example sentences of "were [verb] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Train services on the Esk Valley line were delayed for a short time and the Sprinter train was allowed to continue its journey after it had been examined by experts . |
| 2 | The Leeward Islands had tried to ignore Carlisle 's lieutenant-governor as early as the 1630s , and when the islands became royal colonies in the 1660s they were treated for a short time as separate communities , with each island being regarded as an individual colony . |
| 3 | The Tynedale Fenwicks and the Liddesdale Elliots were involved for a long time in a savage , unyielding feud ; and the Armstrongs , among their many clashes , quarrelled simultaneously with the Scottish Turnbulls and Johnstones and with the English Bells , while the Bells were also feuding with the English Grahams . |
| 4 | ‘ You were talking for a long time , ’ she said . |
| 5 | We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were . |
| 6 | As lithium salts were not amenable to being patented , they did not attract the attention of the drug industry : also they had a bad reputation for their toxic effects , and so Cade 's findings were neglected for a long time . |