for ages
Frequency: 8.545.0 per million words
For a very long time.
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Examples (10)
- I haven't seen you for ages! How have you been?
- We had to wait in line for ages to get tickets.
- It feels like I've been studying for this exam for ages.
- She's been a vegetarian for ages, since she was a teenager.
- The plumber took for ages to fix the leak.
- I've wanted to read this book for ages, and I finally bought it.
- They've been living in that same house for ages.
- It took me for ages to find my keys this morning.
- Don't go to that restaurant; the service takes for ages.
- He hasn't updated his blog for ages; I hope he's okay.