Example sentences of "[not/n't] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shrugged his shoulders , ‘ At times I like to speak English , but not for a long time . |
| 2 | ‘ Before , but not for a long time now , ’ Maggie admitted reluctantly and Rose did not want to learn any more . |
| 3 | ‘ But they say he must n't go home and live on his own , not for a long while at any rate . ’ |
| 4 | It 's never happened before … well , not for a long , long time . |
| 5 | Once workers have installed Britain 's new cable , no one expects that the country will want to replace it — at least not for a long time . |
| 6 | I 'd heard tales about some people having seen an old man down there but not for a long while , he would n't hurt anyone so your lad need n't be scared of him . ’ |
| 7 | Not for a long time had Vi felt so uncomfortable . |
| 8 | It is a combination that I have used in the past but not for a long time , although blue and white stripes in fabrics are a perennial favourite of mine . |
| 9 | No , I wo n't return , not for a long time , it 's too painful and upsetting . |
| 10 | Not for a long time . |
| 11 | But this is the room eventually we 're going to use I mean not for a long time yet , as a working medieval kitchen . |
| 12 | But er not not for a long time . |
| 13 | Been to it before but not for a long time . |
| 14 | Not for a long time now . |
| 15 | If the memory of the association of a given flavour with illness can be taken to be more important than the memory that the flavour has also been experienced without harmful consequences , then the latter memory would interfere after a short but not after a long retention interval . |
| 16 | It was not until a long time afterwards that Catriona thought she understood the reason Sarah seemed young , which was simple : she looked directly at everyone and let them look back at her . |
| 17 | No , not by a long chalk . |
| 18 | ‘ Single men wo n't come top of the list for rehousing , not by a long chalk . ’ |
| 19 | Not that this is the only bone of contention between them , no , not by a long chalk . |
| 20 | The New Moon in your opposite sign of Scorpio on the 29th should prove exciting and rather eventful as far as one involvement or partnership is concerned — and obviously 1989 is by no means over yet , not by a long chalk . |
| 21 | Oh naw , not by a long , long chalk . |
| 22 | Not by a long shot . |
| 23 | I 'm not a retarded under-age flower who was raped or molested by some evil step-father — not by a long shot . ’ |
| 24 | The image of Neil Young as the wayward eccentric does n't tell the whole story , not by a long way . |
| 25 | She took a seat and drew a piece of paper towards her and began to write , the Grenfells were n't beaten yet , not by a long chalk . |
| 26 | ‘ Not by a long shot , ’ said Joe . |
| 27 | Well , I have n't , not by a long chalk and I 'm not the tramp I look either . |
| 28 | It were n't the way everyone said an ’ thought it was , you see , not by a long chalk . |
| 29 | Not through choice , not by a long way , but it was where I 'd made my destiny , even if as an alien . |
| 30 | Not by a long chalk . ’ |