Example sentences of "[adv] for long [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some unilateral plant closures can be expected , Campbell predicted — if the crisis goes on for long or gets worse . |
| 2 | He could not have stayed away for long because in June of that year he was captured by the Dragoons in Knockdow House in Carrick and confined on the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth to await trial . |
| 3 | Not for long though , as Grimsby sliced through Swindon 's defence . |
| 4 | ‘ But not for long and I never came over to the Yamacraw . |
| 5 | But not many , not for long and not any more . " |
| 6 | The warrant officer was speechless , but not for long and he thundered at him as he had on me a few minutes before . |
| 7 | Rhoda had a brother called Tom , a very pleasant young man who also became a preacher , but not for long because , unfortunately , he died young . |
| 8 | But I wo n't be off for long because I 've to follow Marcus . ’ |