Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] for a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest . |
| 3 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 4 | Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks . |
| 5 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |
| 6 | ‘ These stories have been going round for a long time , and they grow with the telling . ’ |
| 7 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 8 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 9 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 10 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |