Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] [prep] a [adv] long " in BNC.

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1 But once the kids arrive , then everything changes — now I know I want to be around for a very long time . ’
2 They have been around for a very long time , as I said , dating right back to Model Book 35 in fact , which appeared in 1982 .
3 Er it 's partly using some questions that 've been around for a very long time but there 're some subtle variations and some new ones added in , okay ?
4 It 's , I am sure , been around for a very long time .
5 It is important to have been about for a very long time .
6 He was tired already yet he knew he was in for an even longer night once he was home .
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