Example sentences of "do for a long " in BNC.

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1 This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person .
2 At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time .
3 They are perhaps playing a more prominent part than they have done for a long time .
4 Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time .
5 Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one
6 Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them .
7 Have n't done for a long time .
8 I 'll see that bugger tomorrow mornin' if I have to get up at five , an , I 'll tell him what I 've meant to do for a long time ; I 'll take the can along to the authorities .
9 She was much happier person because this this she 'd threatened to do for a long time .
10 And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’
11 ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’
12 It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’
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