Sentence examples for a long time continued from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(1)

The phrase "a long time continued" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used to describe something that has persisted for an extended duration, but it is better to use more standard expressions.
Example: "The project faced challenges that a long time continued, leading to delays in completion."
Alternatives: "for a long time" or "over an extended period".

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Orwell, who informed his friend Rayner Heppenstall that "she is the nicest person I have met for a long time", continued to press his suit.

"I was used to certain coaches for a long time," continued Robertson, who won world gold and Olympic silver gold with Emms.

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"Now we are facing a phase which will presumably take a long time," she continued.

"You know, hopefully, I'll be around a long time," Ryan continued.

She called me and said, "I've got a little lung cancer," paused for a long time and continued, "I wrote a will".

Perhaps sensing that the last phrase might sound a bit ominous, he quickly added, "hopefully, a long time," then continued his immigration-as-paternity-suit-fraud riff: "It's wrong.

Eventually, Kachel was laid off, but for a long time he continued to make a decent living; keeping up with advances in audio and video production, he picked up freelance work editing online content.

"I've been trying to drop a couple LBs" — he actually said that, not pounds — "for a long time," he continued, "and it very frustratingly hard because I'm so" – he cursed – "hungry".

"I've been really excited about email for a long time," he continued.

"It's what progressives have needed for a long time," he continued.

"This idea has been around in the field for a long time," Ramirez continued, "the idea that memory leaves an implant, a physical change sometimes they call it a trace".

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