Example sentences of "[be] [adj] for [art] [adj] 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 | He had been ill for a short time and when uremic poisoning developed , he was moved to a private ward in the Moose Jaw General Hospital . |
| 15 | ‘ And this man , Leonora , has been celibate for a long time . |
| 16 | I think he 'd been better for a long time on and off |
| 17 | Rural groups have been vulnerable for a long time . |
| 18 | Many of the classic economic and social indicators of fertility decline had been present for a long time in nineteenth-century Britain . |
| 19 | Because the spores are viable for a short time , Laboulbeniales are effectively restricted to arthropod hosts that have overlapping generations , especially in temperate regions ; that is they can not easily establish relations with those insects in which all the adults die at the end of the summer , with the species surviving in the form of larvae or pupae . |
| 20 | I have n't been happy for a long time but now I think I 'm going to be . ’ |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | ‘ But you 've taken me so deep I feel as though I 'm complete for the first time . |
| 23 | Now I 've found out that he is n't my father I 'm learning to be free for the first time in my life , do you understand ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Well , it wo n't be dark for a long time yet . |
| 25 | But I 'll leave the door open , and it wo n't be dark for a long time . |
| 26 | Middlesbrough is hoping its bid will be lucky for the second time running . |
| 27 | In the situations below the charge will be 0 for an unlimited time : |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |