Sentence examples of "for a long time" in English with translation "longtemps"

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The phone rang for a long time. Le téléphone a sonné longtemps.
He kept us waiting for a long time. Il nous a fait attendre longtemps.
They made me wait for a long time. Ils m'ont fait attendre longtemps.
Whales can remain submerged for a long time. Les baleines peuvent demeurer submergées longtemps.
He has been sick for a long time. Il a été longtemps malade.
He kept me waiting for a long time. Il m'a fait attendre longtemps.
We waited in the park for a long time. Nous avons attendu longtemps dans le parc.
She dwelled on the matter for a long time. Elle s'est appesantie longtemps sur la question.
I listened for a long time, but I didn't hear anything. J'ai longtemps écouté, mais je n'ai rien entendu.
I haven't seen you for a long time. Come and see me once in a while. Cela fait longtemps que je ne vous ai pas vu. Venez me rendre visite une fois de temps en temps.
For a long time society was strongly hierarchal and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished population, were crushed by the weight of the taxes, wars, and famines. Il y a longtemps, la société était fortement hiérarchisée et inégalitaire, et la partie la plus pauvre de la population, arriérée, composée principalement par des paysans, était écrasée sous le poids des impôts, des guerres et des famines.
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