Example sentences of "[not/n't] for 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 | No water flows from the sprinklers here , and clearly has n't for a long time . |
| 16 | I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you . |