Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says . |
| 4 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Everyone quietly settled down for a long wait . |