Example sentences of "was [verb] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was joined for a short time by another dancer back from war service , Alan Carter . |
| 2 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
| 3 | I was relaxing for a long time . |
| 4 | Once examined , the church was opened for a short time so that the locals could view the remains prior to the coffin being resealed and put back ‘ as near as circumstances would admit , in status quo ’ . |
| 5 | It was thought for a long time that he was a Carthusian but there is no firm evidence for this . |
| 6 | She thought afterwards , and was to think for a long time , that it was Sophie and Teodor who saved her . |
| 7 | He was screaming for a long time before he fell , and we could hear that he was running as he screamed . |