Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for a long " in BNC.
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| 31 | It 's the first time I 've actually , well cos I have n't sung for a long time . |
| 32 | But that wo n't happen for a long time , says Richard Outcalt , a retail-sales consultant in Seattle . |
| 33 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |
| 34 | She did n't breathe for a long time . |
| 35 | ‘ I strongly suspected for a long time that there were other men . |
| 36 | She read it through and then sat for a long time on the white strips of the reclining chair in which she had first seen Signor Fixit . |
| 37 | If a ‘ back fence ’ is used , the stock is confined to its daily strip and the remainder of the grass is completely rested for a long period . |
| 38 | Sometimes , when preparing for a long haul , I would only manage four hours ' rest , but that night I was asleep by eleven-thirty and did not rise till six . |
| 39 | ‘ We 've been completely ignored for a long time , which has been a pretty good thing because it 's given us time to develop , ’ beams Brett . |
| 40 | Many people were therefore trapped for a long time . |