Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] for ages " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos when you 're sitting down for ages |
| 2 | I 've been waiting here for ages . |
| 3 | ‘ They 've been waiting there for ages , ’ said Gurder . |
| 4 | Yeah , I mean it 's been going on for ages |
| 5 | We 've been going together for ages . |
| 6 | I 've been hiding there for ages . |
| 7 | In fact , you can use your Steamatic to tackle those tough and often unpleasant jobs that you may have been putting off for ages . |
| 8 | And I wondered why there was n't and I 'd been sitting there for ages , twenty five past five is the appointment . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been standing outside for ages — wanting to come in , but knowing I should n't . ’ |
| 10 | What happen was we was standing this jeweller 's , well really we 'd been there , she half the stuff for me and er other people and that , but erm , were standing there for ages , and she come , I 'm , I 'm sort of standing there like this up against the counter waiting to be served , suppose to be coming back right , stood right on the foot , it hurt , but I thought ok it 's a busy shop he wo n't so I 'd turned around , sort of he was there , so I sort of went to him like that and he was looked at me and fucking looked back , so I said are you gon na apologise then , getting right fucking pissed off cos I about three o'clock that day , hang over and being dragged up and down the town all fucking day ai n't my idea of fun you know , ri right in a bad mood anyway , and he said no in a real fucking why do n't you try and make me sort of attitude , so I 'm just about to fucking say something to me , like , how out the shop and everything , and she said what 's the fuck , what 's the matter with you then ? |
| 11 | Do you know it is , it 's a little tiny but it 's going on for ages and ages . |
| 12 | I know , but it 's standing there for ages in the cold is n't it ? |
| 13 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 14 | And the piss was going on for ages . |