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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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I was a long time building this shed

1. I was a long time building this shed.

I'd like to know if I can interpret #1 as the following:
"I was in building this shed for a long time."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joonI'd like to know if I can interpret #1 as the following:"I was building this shed for a long time."
Yes, that's right.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if I can interpret #1 as the following:"I was in building this shed for a long time."
You have the right idea; however, we would paraphrase it as It took me a long time to build this shed.

The original form (I was a long time ...) is not particularly standard. It seems regional to me, though I can't say ex
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