Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | Nobody passed by for a long time , and he could just hear the faint music in the distance . |
2 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
3 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
4 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
5 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
6 | ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards . |
7 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |