Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a long time " in BNC.

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1 The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games .
2 ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’
3 It seemed to go on for a long time .
4 To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions .
5 They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too .
6 He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel .
7 The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’
8 No water flows from the sprinklers here , and clearly has n't for a long time .
9 She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing .
10 In the gravityless environment of the hulk any unexploded bolts or similar projectiles could ricochet unpredictably for a long time within a confined space .
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 This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day .
13 All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time .
14 He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time .
15 We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time .
16 B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time .
17 ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest .
18 There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time .
19 Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks .
20 This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go
21 Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much .
22 He 's probably going away for a long time , that 's why .
23 Hangs about for a long time , that smell . ’
24 ‘ These stories have been going round for a long time , and they grow with the telling . ’
25 Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’
26 In the bite-shaped hollow , a small mound of viscous lava was growing and continued to do so for a long time afterwards .
27 Anyone who is stupid enough to try and derail a train should be locked away for a long time .
28 You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it .
29 You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance .
30 Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’
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