I have been running my mouth long enough.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

I was going to say when you first start doing this, even people who have been doing it for a long time still go off on ten-minute daydreams before realizing that their minds were wondering.

我本想说第一次尝试时，但即便是修行多年的人,也会走神十分钟之久,方才意识到自己刚做了白日梦。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

It's been a really long time since I have personally followed basketball.

我个人看篮球真的已经很久了。

现场观看篮球赛 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

So,to get a sense of what the regional moisture patterns have been, dryness and wetness over such a long period of time in great detail, I would call it a kind of victory for paleoclimate science."

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Right. I have been interested in religion for a very long time, of course.

嗯，我对宗教感兴趣,已经有很长时间了。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"I think that the reason I have been able to live so long is so that I can tell the next generation about the equality of life and the importance of peace.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

What's important about the construction of St. Petersburg-- I don't know how many of you have ever been there; I haven't been there for a very, very long time-- this city is not like Moscow at all.

那么修建圣彼得堡到底有什么重要的意义呢,我不知道你们之中有多少人去过那儿,我并没有在那个地方逗留过很久,但这座城市和莫斯科完全不一样

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

"I have been up on Obama for a long time. People in Chicago have been knowing Obama for the longest time, because him and his wife had been doing a lot of good things, trying to help out the neighborhoods."

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

It used to be the case-- I forget how long drive-in windows have been around, certainly as long as you guys can remember-- but there was a time when drive-in windows didn't exist.

曾经是这样的情况,我忘了免下车餐厅已经出现多久了,当然可能自打你们记事时就出现了,但是在免下车餐厅尚未出现的时候

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

And I still believe that in Africa we have been going through this kind of pressure for a pretty long time, so I believe that when it comes we can handle it and lift the cup on Friday,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

"President Obama visited our area this week, and it was my hope that he would listen,really listen, to what the people are saying, I have been in Congress 16 months, but it does not take that long to figure out that Washington does more talking than listening."

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

"I am from Turkey and right now I am attending Ferris State University and I decided to come to the United States mainly because I have been playing competitive Tennis for a very long time and my Tennis coaches mentioned to me that in the United States I would be able to get a scholarship and also get an education so that is the main reason I came to the United States so I can play really competitive Tennis and get my education."

VOA: standard.2009.12.14