Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your Mummy has gone away for a long time ’ usually only serves to leave the child frightened but feeling the anxiety of the adults all around which forbids further discussion . |
| 2 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 3 | A Mum and Dad who 'd known vaguely for a long time that Conor liked holding parties were suddenly being told over cups of tea and Hobnobs about vast acid house raves in the middle of fields , about police chases across whole counties , about an entire organisation that Conor had run ( Conor had run an organisation ? ) , which could call a party and have 5,000 people turning up at £20 a ticket within 48 hours . |
| 4 | The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’ |
| 5 | He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time . |
| 6 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |
| 7 | They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey . |
| 8 | This race came only two months after he had run well for a long way when leading the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury and Gaselee told me , ‘ He appeared to love the Newbury race and we were delighted with his performance at that time . ’ |
| 9 | The first was occupied by Miss Trimby , the last of a family that had lived there for a long time whilst her neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Collins with their middle-aged bachelor son . |
| 10 | They had lived together for a long time , but the sister was now reaching the conclusion that the situation could not continue much longer : |
| 11 | Was this something recent or something you have known about for a long time ? ’ |
| 12 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
| 13 | I mean there , there are a lot of people , of people in who have lived here for a long time , and lived here ever since they were born . |
| 14 | The ambassador reported that " The Emperor is monitoring the serious political illness which has gripped all countries , and believes his empire very far from being immune from infection " ; Nicholas was now of the opinion that " Highly reprehensible principles have been disseminated among young people who completed their university courses around three years ago , among people who have lived abroad for a long time , and also among teachers , professors , writers and journalists . |
| 15 | they made the area around the reactor a non living area , the problem is of course people that have lived there for a long time do n't want to move and so over |