Example sentences of "be [adv] for a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
| 2 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
| 3 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 4 | We 've been away for a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 7 | The trapped feeling must have been because she had been indoors for a long time . |
| 8 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
| 9 | CHARLES and Diana will be together for a long time to come . |
| 10 | Opposition Back-Bench Members have been questioning my right hon. and hon. Friends and myself on the basis that we shall be here for a long time , whereas Front-Bench spokesmen still nurse the occasional illusion . |
| 11 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 12 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
| 13 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
| 15 | She felt as if she were not really there , as if she had not really been there for a long time . |
| 16 | He told me he had been there for a long time dying . |
| 17 | Er although most people think it 's been there for a long time , it has n't . |
| 18 | The social dimension of the Community has been there for a long time . |
| 19 | " Signs of a coming plateau have been there for a long time and are now getting better and better " , according to independent consultant Richard Kimberlin . |
| 20 | I mean these have n't just been put here , they 've been there for a long time ! |
| 21 | It 's their intention to leave the boat station there , but as a boat hiring station only , and to let rent that to somebody , not to have boat building enterprises , not to have a car park , not to have a chandlery and so on which was put there by the person whose who used to own it , and we will recoup all of that money from renting that boat station so it can be run as a boat hiring station again , and from three or four of the moorings that are will have been there for a long time , with proper permission . |
| 22 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 23 | Er what sort of relationship did you have with with the men , did you er particularly thinking that you you were still for a long time after that , the the branch secretary of the union as well you know . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've been apart for a long time . |
| 25 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 26 | ‘ I was there for a long time , but I ca n't remember anyone visiting me . |