I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone.

I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.

I've been an amature inventor for a long time.

I have been interested in V8s for a long time.

I haven't been on the stage in a long time.

The French - they like jazz, they've been on jazz a long time.