Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | This went on for a long time . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 34 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 35 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 36 | 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 |
| 37 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 38 | She had to leave the floor , they had to walk , that 's right , they had to walk on the concrete floor without tiles on for a long time |
| 39 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 40 | If the property has been lived in for a long time with old carpets that have never been shampooed they can exude quite pungent odours . |
| 41 | Well I think there were niggling little points in all the quarries , the workforce certainly has n't been happy up in for a long time . |
| 42 | I think it 's all over for a long time . |
| 43 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |
| 44 | Never wipe Rosie and Jim off for a long time . |
| 45 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 46 | ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says . |
| 47 | ‘ I hope they catch this cowardly thug and lock him up for a long time . ’ |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 50 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 51 | 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 ? ’ |
| 52 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 53 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
| 54 | ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse . |
| 55 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |
| 56 | Daisy had been back for a long time ; she looked white and pinched . |
| 57 | Held back for a long time by wild hitting , she has accepted in the last 12 months that there are occasions when she must suppress the urge to attack everything flat out . |
| 58 | So Eddie knows the real Delia Forbes has gone away and wo n't be back for a long time … but so what ? ’ |
| 59 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 60 | Marijuana , liberalism , wild living and protestation had been around for a long time . |