Example sentences of "were [verb] for long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he admits : ‘ It is not normal for the Spanish people to leave the place where you were born for long spells . |
| 2 | It was a more profound unpredictability , in spite of the fact that probably a good proportion of workers were employed for long periods of their lives by a single employer . |
| 3 | It has been alleged by the director of a management investigation company that telephones in Transport House , then the headquarters of the Labour Party and still the headquarters of the TGWU , were tapped for long periods during 1972 , a time of union opposition to the Industrial Relations Act 1971 . |
| 4 | The other 20 men and 10 women started antihypertensive medication at mean ages of 35.5 and 40.8 years respectively ; many patients were observed for long periods before starting medication , especially in the early 1970s . |
| 5 | No market research informed Laura that women were thirsting for long dresses which they could not find . |
| 6 | All were controlled for long periods with endoscopic treatment altough it is possible that obstruction contributed to death in one patient . |