Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [adv] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | This peak was not reached again for a long period , but by 1989 it had reached 76.4 per cent ( Employment Gazette , November 1989 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've always been really good friends but had n't worked together for a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says . |