Example sentences of "know for a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 2 | erm and he was released and he came to Harlow and we meet him and that was , that was very good , erm , but we have n't had one like that , you know for a long time . |
| 3 | Your friends usually are the one you have known for a long period of time , for example at work or at university . |
| 4 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 5 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 6 | It had been known for a long time that histamine was responsible for producing many allergies and the first antihistamine drug was produced in France in 1937 . |
| 7 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 8 | Other diuretics have been known for a long time , especially arsenical compounds of mercury . |
| 9 | You do n't expect that from people you have known for a long time . |
| 10 | The art ( therapy ? ) of Reflexology is founded on the principle that massaging the feet can affect the health of other parts of the body , a fact which acupuncture has known for a long time . |
| 11 | We have also known for a long time that morphine cures diarrhoea . |
| 12 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |
| 13 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |
| 14 | The effect of early experience on the mating preferences of birds and mammals has been known for a long time . |
| 15 | It has been known for a long time , and has led to the more modern practice called ‘ foliar feeding ’ , in which the purpose is not so much to correct deficiencies , but to encourage a boost in performance , yield and so on by spraying major element solutions on to the leaves in the same way . |
| 16 | We have known for a long time that there is no one right way to analyze a proposed capital investment . |
| 17 | Managers have known for a long time that demographics matter , but they have always believed that population statistics change slowly . |
| 18 | It has been known for a long time that , partly due to their immense size , elephants can hear much lower sounds than we can . |
| 19 | As I 've mentioned already in the context of metaphors of memory , the phenomenon of ‘ animal electricity ’ and its relation to neural activity had been known for a long time — at least since Galvani 's demonstration in Bologna in the 1790s that electrical pulses caused a frog 's legs to twitch . |
| 20 | She had known for a long time now . |
| 21 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |
| 22 | These are called reaves and , while they have been known for a long time , their age , extent and probable purpose have only recently been recognised . |
| 23 | We 've both known for a long time how we feel about each other and all the reasons why nothing can ever come of it . |
| 24 | He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself . |
| 25 | at last the confirmation of something he had known for a long time . |