Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Oh she 's alright , she just had double nappies on for a very long time |
2 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
3 | They get typically twice or two and a half times the salaries that our people get and that 's being going on for a very long time . |
4 | But if you went over the hill , after school time , then you were in for a fairly rough time the other end , you were challenged and all sorts of things . |
5 | We 're in for a very difficult time and we must be prepared for it . |
6 | Make no mistake , you 're in for a really hard time , and it 's not made any easier by the baddies who wander across the screen . |
7 | I 'd lastly like to say a thank you to Kevin , because I think , as a man , it is obviously more difficult for him to broach this subject , and he 's been pursuing this through APEX through for a very long time , and has worked extremely hard , so I 'd like to say thank you to him , and thank you to you now for taking the message back home . |
8 | True , it is Crush drummer Ric Menck 's ( 30th ) birthday , and he 's out for a grinningly good time , whatever the weather . |
9 | They have been around for a very long time , as I said , dating right back to Model Book 35 in fact , which appeared in 1982 . |
10 | But once the kids arrive , then everything changes — now I know I want to be around for a very long time . ’ |
11 | Er it 's partly using some questions that 've been around for a very long time but there 're some subtle variations and some new ones added in , okay ? |
12 | It 's , I am sure , been around for a very long time . |
13 | It is important to have been about for a very long time . |