Example sentences of "[adv] a long [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she 's been away a long time for one of our ships — ever since June . |
| 2 | But we do talk and what I know is you are essentially a decent and totally wonderful human being and I 'll hang around a long time for you . |
| 3 | For , I think we 'd probably better keep you going for , how about six da hmm for five days , that 's actually quite a long course for this stuff cos it lasts an awful long time in the body . |
| 4 | Kestrels are very prone to tail damage — they have quite a long tail for the size of the bird and in training a leash rubbing against it can snap feathers . |
| 5 | This was quite a long passage for us , but we were lucky with the weather and made it in one leg . |
| 6 | But it 'll take quite a long time for them to go though . |
| 7 | There was then a long delay for which no explanation has been given . |