Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [adv] long [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | They seemed to stretch back for a very long way and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes , trying to find his bearings , thought that they must go back and back into the hillside behind the road and deep within the earth . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But once the kids arrive , then everything changes — now I know I want to be around for a very long time . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | It 's , I am sure , been around for a very long time . |
| 10 | It is important to have been about for a very long time . |