Example sentences of "that [noun sg] for a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Masked by the cold war , it has in practice fulfilled that function for a long time . |
| 2 | I stood in front of that fence for a long time , trying to reconstruct the presence of that massive Victorian red sandstone building in which I had spent nearly five sevenths of my life for thirty years . |
| 3 | So we 've had that law for a long time . |
| 4 | I had been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , he typed , as Harsnet had written . |
| 5 | That is why , wrote Harsnet , I have been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , that is why I have cleared the decks and prepared the ground , because unless the decks are cleared and the g round prepared there is little hope of succeeding in what one has planned to do , little hope of achieving anything of lasting value , though lasting is a relative term and so is value and whatever it is one has planned to do is certain to be altered in the process , which does not of course mean , he wrote , that one can start anywhere at any time . |
| 6 | The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time . |
| 7 | ‘ It jolted me into making the decision to quit , but I 'd been moving that way for a long time . |