Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 2 | Now that 's an English expression I have n't heard in a long time . |
| 3 | And I know so many songs that it would be fun to go out there and say , ‘ Hey , man , do you remember this one ? ’ or , ‘ Here 's one you have n't heard in a long time . ' ’ |
| 4 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 5 | " You do n't know what your talking about , " Katherine began , experiencing a deep burning rage that she had n't felt for a long time , a rage all the more intense because she knew she could do nothing about it . |
| 6 | Yeah , mind you his , his short er term policies so it does n't matter in the long run . |
| 7 | Mummy was there it did n't feel like a long day did it ? |
| 8 | Kate has a sensitivity and a gentleness in her face that we have n't seen for a long time . ’ |
| 9 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 10 | ‘ I have hit shots this week I have n't seen in a long time . |
| 11 | There was an expression on her face I had n't seen in a long time . |
| 12 | Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one |
| 13 | Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them . |
| 14 | Have n't done for a long time . |
| 15 | He made himself a mixed grill , something he had n't had for a long time , and followed it with real coffee . |
| 16 | It 's the first time I 've actually , well cos I have n't sung for a long time . |
| 17 | But I ca n't see in the long run that it would make any difference to what we 've been talking about , seeing who Maggie is . |
| 18 | But that wo n't happen for a long time , says Richard Outcalt , a retail-sales consultant in Seattle . |
| 19 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |
| 20 | The whining motor could n't cope with the long grass by the fence , and it melted the extension cable when Pa forgot to unwind it fully from its blue plastic drum . |
| 21 | It does n't pay in the long run . |
| 22 | She did n't breathe for a long time . |
| 23 | Begging or threatening tactics wo n't help in the long run either . |
| 24 | He ca n't see that does n't help in the long run if , |