Example sentences of "[det] [prep] a [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chesarynth thought about that for a very long time . |
| 2 | as to which of those distinguished people should be dispensed with , but nevertheless it might be the advantage of everybody if the numbers of the cabinet were reduced to sixteen , I personally thought that for a very long time . |
| 3 | Having just painfully disentangled herself from one relationship , she had no intention of getting involved in another for a very long time . |
| 4 | When you spread work like this over a very long period you are able to look into yourself , and see yourself in a great work of art . |
| 5 | I would n't say there was much between the two teams apart from the first half here this afternoon when United , I have n't seen United dominate a side so much for a very long time , and really , I mean you were here Peter , three or four nil at half time would not have been a bad reflection on United 's performance in any way at all . |
| 6 | If you take these for a very long time you get a beard and a deep voice , but as I only needed a month 's supply I escaped such horrors . |
| 7 | Five of the men arrested in the Rathcoole district were released within twenty-one days and two more after a much longer period , but without ‘ allegations ’ having been made to justify their detention . |