Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a long time " in BNC.

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1 All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time .
2 He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel .
3 It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline .
4 History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War .
5 The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time .
6 This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day .
7 At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress .
8 ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards .
9 It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says .
10 The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games .
11 This sort of exchange went on for a long time .
12 ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’
13 ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police .
14 ‘ 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 .
15 ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest .
16 That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load .
17 The list could go on for a long time .
18 This is another list that could go on for a long time .
19 The noise went on for a long time .
20 It seemed to go on for a long time .
21 He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right .
22 To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions .
23 The argument will go on for a long time .
24 That went on for a long time .
25 And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR .
26 Both have gone on for a long time .
27 I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell .
28 There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time .
29 The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time .
30 The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room .
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