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The phrase "a long time contemplating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a period spent in deep thought or reflection about a particular subject or decision.
Example: "After a long time contemplating my options, I finally made a decision about my career path."
Alternatives: "an extended period of reflection" or "a considerable time in thought."
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She looked down at him for a long time, contemplating this amazing fact.
We lie there for a long time, contemplating Lang's quaint dystopia as it silently unravels.
What I really wonder is what my horses will think and feel — that's the only way I can put it — when they find themselves turned loose in a pasture they've spent such a long time contemplating.
I could list the contents of herbaceous borders I spent a long time contemplating at Trelissick one summer, or the exotic border planting at the Inner Temple from 2009.
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The process gave everybody a long time to contemplate reform and what it would mean.
"This is something Mr. Turner has been contemplating for a long time," the spokesman said.
"I was really contemplating for a long time how I would express what I feel toward Mr Putin.
"It's something I have been contemplating for a long time, not just since the end of the World Cup.
These are the kind of moves that his predecessors didn't do; or, if they had wanted to do, would have contemplated for a long time, and then had someone else do it for them by half-way measures.
Acting, she said, was something she had contemplated for a long time.
That was rather a long time ago … It's certainly something I would contemplate, but at the moment I have absolutely no reason whatsoever to do it".
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