Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If somebody takes a Covermaster plan out at twenty five , we expect them to be paying it for a long time , if he takes it out at fifty five , we expect him to pay less . |
| 2 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |
| 3 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 4 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 5 | The thing is they wo n't be going shopping , they wo n't be doing anything for a long time and she 's |
| 6 | He had been watching her for a long time before she realised he was awake . |
| 7 | Then he saw a wonderfully pretty girl who had obviously been watching him for a long time . |
| 8 | Life is too short to continue hating anyone for a long time . |