Example sentences of "was [verb] for a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is erm the orange disk was flashing for a long while before the buzzer |
| 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 | It was thought for a long time that he was a Carthusian but there is no firm evidence for this . |
| 5 | British case at least , the problem of national or ethnic difference was masked for a long period by development occurring in the peripheries at the same rate and in similar ways to development in industrial England . |
| 6 | She thought afterwards , and was to think for a long time , that it was Sophie and Teodor who saved her . |
| 7 | It showed the leader board and then switched to the seventh where Krantz was preparing for a long approach putt down the kidney-shaped green . |
| 8 | He was screaming for a long time before he fell , and we could hear that he was running as he screamed . |