Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] a [adv] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once he is asleep , he sleeps for a very long time — thousands of years in fact . |
| 2 | This effect persists for a relatively long time , and as there is a specific relationship between the stimuli and the responses , it is regarded as a genuine form of associative learning . |
| 3 | In England this power has for a very long time been delegated , so far as barristers are concerned , to the Inns of Court : and , for a much shorter time , so far as solicitors are concerned , to the Law Society . |
| 4 | It opens with a very long sex scene in a small apartment . |
| 5 | However , with increasing store capacities and the presence of addressing mode fields , the use of three-address instructions makes for a very long instruction format , and the technique is not now used . |