Example sentences of "[adv] for a long [noun] " 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 | 85% of the woodland area is dominated by mature trees , indicating that grazing has been heavy enough for a long time to Prevent sapling recruitment . |
| 4 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
| 5 | When the slings and arrows of outrageous everyday life buffet our heads , we escape to Assynt , even if only for a long weekend , and always return refreshed , perspective regained . |
| 6 | But it is an agreement which is " restrictive of trade " in this sense , that it requires a man to give his services and wares to one person only for a long term of years to the exclusion of all others . |
| 7 | He looked at her thoughtfully for a long moment before nodding . |
| 8 | In the bite-shaped hollow , a small mound of viscous lava was growing and continued to do so for a long time afterwards . |
| 9 | Rigid solids are much harder to get hold of in tension and so for a long time such testing as was done was confined to compression and bending . |
| 10 | He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time . |
| 11 | Social anthropologists can and do study members of their own society and they have been doing so for a long time , though mostly they do not do it very well . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've always been really good friends but had n't worked together for a long time . |
| 13 | They had lived together for a long time , but the sister was now reaching the conclusion that the situation could not continue much longer : |
| 14 | CHARLES and Diana will be together for a long time to come . |
| 15 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
| 16 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
| 17 | On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that . |
| 18 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
| 19 | The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’ |
| 20 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 21 | She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’ |
| 22 | They stood clasped together for a long time , then he bent his head and kissed her , softly at first , then with such increasing passion that she could feel his heart beating like a drum . |
| 23 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 24 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 25 | Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions . |
| 26 | Seem to put them away for a long while but |
| 27 | ‘ They were apparently going away for a long weekend vacation . |
| 28 | No , well that 's it int it ? so er if things are reasonable we might just go away for a long weekend or something , go find us a place in Southport for a weekend |
| 29 | He 's probably going away for a long time , that 's why . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |