Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were apparently going away for a long weekend vacation . |
| 2 | This peak was not reached again for a long period , but by 1989 it had reached 76.4 per cent ( Employment Gazette , November 1989 ) . |
| 3 | No , well that 's it int it ? so er if things are reasonable we might just go away for a long weekend or something , go find us a place in Southport for a weekend |
| 4 | They were told a carefully graduated series of lies : first that their mother was staying in hospital for a while , then that she might not come home for a long time , and finally that she might never come back . |
| 5 | No water flows from the sprinklers here , and clearly has n't for a long time . |
| 6 | He 's probably going away for a long time , that 's why . |
| 7 | The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time . |
| 8 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 9 | ‘ We 've always been really good friends but had n't worked together for a long time . |
| 10 | ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says . |
| 11 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
| 12 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , dear , ’ Sophie said inadequately , then sat silently for a long minute . |
| 14 | Everyone quietly settled down for a long wait . |