Example sentences of "it [verb] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Second , there is the knock-on effect to the advertising market in the UK and Australia , which is looking weaker than it has for a long time . |
2 | For example , it has for a long time been generally accepted by students of organisation that any organisation is likely to need a number of rules and procedures to guide the behaviour of organisational members . |
3 | It rang for a long time , and he thought he was going to be out of luck , but eventually the receiver was picked up the other end . |
4 | Tony Dobson put Portsmouth ahead early on and it looked for a long time as though that was going to be the only goal of the game . |
5 | Even as he asked the question , Seb realised that it no longer hurt in the way it had for a long time . |