Example sentences of "for [adv] [adv] [be] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | How he had put up with my attitude for so long is a mystery to me . |
| 2 | Are you saying that , in fact , not having had sex for so long is a problem for you ? ’ |
| 3 | I shall draw a comparison with the Act that I mentioned earlier , whose survival for so long is a sign of its success — that establishing the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 4 | The London theatres , which had for so long been a particular thorn in the side of Puritan moralists such as William Prynne , were closed down at the outbreak of the civil war and remained shut until the Restoration . |
| 5 | What lies behind the fear and insecurity of French Canadians is patently a social cataclysm which is indicated by the dramatically sudden collapse of the Catholic Church in what had for so long been a conservative , Catholic , clerical , child- producing society not only among the farmers but among townspeople . |