Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [verb] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 2 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 3 | Yet even though in my part Welsh has not been spoken for a long time , and indeed the natives have even forgotten the Welsh pronunciation of our Celtic place-names , it would not cross my neighbours ' minds that just living there makes me Welsh . |
| 4 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 5 | Sean Murray of Philip Morris said that their considerable arts programme will not be affected for a long time , and that the legislation is designed to prohibit brand promotion , not corporate publicity . |
| 6 | They also may not be prepared for a long walk to a phone . |
| 7 | So he went up and had a scan and they s they checked it and of course when they checked the scan they noticed that his kid one of his kidneys had n't been functioning for a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ He had n't been beaten for a long time , and was very confident so I think defeat came as a bit of a shock . |
| 9 | it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time . |