Example sentences of "[be] [adj] for a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've been asleep for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 3 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 4 | It has been clear for a long time that where land adjoining the highway is unintentionally entered , i.e. as a result of a car accident , that the plaintiff must prove negligence ( River Wear Commissioners v Adamson ( 1877 ) 2 App Cas 743 ) . |
| 5 | The trend towards equality of attainment is especially marked in schools that have been comprehensive for a long time . |
| 6 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 7 | ‘ War 's been inevitable for a long time , Anne . ’ |
| 8 | Old John Knox had been ill for a long time and , two years after I joined the firm , he was told that he must retire . |
| 9 | Very often I spend long days on my allotment , and cook quite nice dinners of , say , breast of mutton and peas and fruit off the allotment for myself and a [ woman ] friend who has been ill for a long time … . |
| 10 | But the poor woman had been ill for a long time , although we had not realized it , and died soon after Hareton was born . |
| 11 | ‘ She 'd been ill for a long time . |
| 12 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 13 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 14 | ‘ And this man , Leonora , has been celibate for a long time . |
| 15 | I think he 'd been better for a long time on and off |
| 16 | Rural groups have been vulnerable for a long time . |
| 17 | Many of the classic economic and social indicators of fertility decline had been present for a long time in nineteenth-century Britain . |
| 18 | I have n't been happy for a long time but now I think I 'm going to be . ’ |
| 19 | May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on what he has done at Maastricht in limiting the powers of the Commission , about which my constituents have been concerned for a long time ? |
| 20 | ‘ Well , it wo n't be dark for a long time yet . |
| 21 | But I 'll leave the door open , and it wo n't be dark for a long time . |
| 22 | He seemed to be awake for a long time , I think , you know like you wake up and you do n't know what to do with yourself , I think it was like that , so every quarter of an hour or so he kept me , shouting for a drink he did n't know quite what to do with himself |
| 23 | And then they would er they would The tramp coles then you would er put this rope up over that side , and then you 'd put one over that side , you see , and that was that would be safe for a long time . |
| 24 | As you can see although Gubberford Lane has been added to a list ‘ awaiting financial approval ’ this may not be forthcoming for a long time . |
| 25 | An Oxford scientist says new information about the H I V virus which leads to AIDS could mean that a vaccination wo n't be forthcoming for a long time . |
| 26 | The other important sub-sect to figure prominently in recent biblical scholarship has been familiar for a long time , but under a different name . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd been miserable for a long time . |
| 28 | There was a sort of thirstiness about Julia 's immersion in the conversation , as though she 'd been parched for a long time . |
| 29 | ‘ But I tried being polite for a long time , Aunt Ruth , and it got me nowhere . |
| 30 | Huddled together on the muddy earth floor they were content for a long time to embrace one another without speaking . |