Sentence examples for a long time around from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a long time around" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in informal contexts to imply a lengthy duration spent in a particular place or situation, but it is not commonly recognized.
Example: "I've been living in this city for a long time around, and I've seen many changes."
Alternatives: "for a long time" or "for an extended period."

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Although there hasn't been that much work done to the flat it has taken rather a long time (around five-and-half years to complete).

"The idea for a long time around Europe was that British television audiences didn't like anything in a foreign language.

"For a long time around here, with the economy so good, people have worked on the assumption that they can have everything," he said.

These spouse-ships are interesting not for gossipy reasons, but because the two QCs share an intense version of the challenges that, among others, have historically kept female representation at the bar so low (it's 23% of QCs now, but hovered for a long time around 12%): they have children and husbands who are themselves quite busy, or at least, have been in the recent past.

Certainly, three people out of thousands is not a pattern, but it is interesting that all these of these guys left Google, where they had been for a long time, around the same time, to go work together at an already established company.

But they've been here for a long time, around the extraction sites".

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Wait a good, long time (around 2 months) and then try explaining everything to your old friend to the best of your ability.

I skipped all my classes and spent a long time walking around by myself.

After a long time, she turned around.

"This will take a long time to turn around".

The position I finally took took a long time to come around to.

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