Example sentences of "[adv] for [adv] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | That went on for quite a long time |
| 2 | Incontrovertibly , therefore , Johnson had embraced Jacobitism to some degree of sympathy at some stage , and perhaps even quite vehemently , and perhaps for quite a long period of his life — but , as with the formation of many political tastes and stances , the dalliance owed as much to what he disliked ( the Hanoverian kings ) as to what he espoused and idealised . |
| 3 | The door was solid and would hold up for quite a long time . |
| 4 | They will be standing up for quite a long time . |
| 5 | She and Tom must have been here for quite a long time , then . |
| 6 | We have , we have had that form kicking around for quite a long time and it 's never really been |
| 7 | Er and then he , he went to Singapore , he was there for quite a long while after the war teaching the er the English children . |
| 8 | He ended up in Nairobi and lived there for quite a long time . |