Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adv] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to be as patient as I could and I think David 's mother has realised for quite a long time that I was quite a good daughter-in-law to her ( although I was n't a daughter-in-law at that time ) but as a girl friend , I could understand her finding it obnoxious that her son brought some strange person into the house . |
| 2 | The activity was sustained for quite a long time by pupils who , according to their label , have difficulty sustaining anything . |
| 3 | They have n't been moved for quite a long time , and it 's funny how buildings which claim to have extraordinary flexibility sometimes turn out to be really quite rigid . |
| 4 | It is also advisable not to wear contact lenses , as you will have your eyes closed for quite a long time , usually about twenty minutes . |
| 5 | It came to light that er a great many of the members , a great many of the people who talked about their early experiences reported some sort of abusive experience , either y'know er quite a short one that went on over many many years you know that er if it was some relative or friend of the family they were likely to have been abused for quite a long time in some cases . |
| 6 | The disappointment with Wilson felt like Freud must have sort of lingered for quite a long time , cos it was not for eight years that he actually ventured on . |
| 7 | And it brought home to me with a rush something which had been slowly dawning on me ever since I joined the Air Force ; that I had been spoiled for quite a long time now . |
| 8 | Linda Evangelista was brilliantly marketed but there was never quite the attention until she had been established for quite a long time . ’ |