Example sentences of "for some long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But progress may nevertheless be very slow and unemployment will persist for some long time . |
| 2 | Strangely , her mother 's moods , Agnes had noticed for some long time now , were more evident in the evening . |
| 3 | He might have had it for some long time , I do n't know , but I came across it in a drawer in the small bedroom when I was putting his clean linen away . |
| 4 | ‘ And you will not get a better service for some long time to come , ’ he said on BBC radio . |
| 5 | and the UndergrounD Group , as North and West cars continued to be overhauled at Hendon and South and East cars at Charlton , for some long time afterwards . |
| 6 | Jacqui opened the envelope , pulled out a document and looked at the sheet for some long time . |
| 7 | I was told that the local authority were still maintaining an open mind about the possibility of placing the children with the father and that the choice of foster parents made in October was intended to cover the possibility of the children being returned to the father , but also to cover the possibility of a need for the children to be with foster parents for some longer time , in the event of the assessment of the father proving unsatisfactory . |