Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [art] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 2 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
| 3 | Would it not be a good idea if the airlines , when checking in passengers in those countries from which large quantities of drugs come to this country , were to hand each passenger a paper in his or her own language clearly explaining that if they bring drugs into the United Kingdom they are likely to be caught and , if they are caught , they are likely to go away for a very long time indeed ? |
| 4 | They get typically twice or two and a half times the salaries that our people get and that 's being going on for a very long time . |
| 5 | I have thought so for a very long time . ’ |
| 6 | They seemed to stretch back for a very long way and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes , trying to find his bearings , thought that they must go back and back into the hillside behind the road and deep within the earth . |
| 7 | I mean that people like , you know , have said that the British secret intelligence have been have been doing now for a quite long time have been waging a sort of undercover war and er I 'm sure some of it 's true |
| 8 | ‘ We 've worked together for a very long time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You have to remember that Tim , Sue and I have worked together for a very long time now . |
| 10 | Anna and the gipsy woman spoke together for a very long time . |
| 11 | However , if gains are kept offshore for a sufficiently long period of time , the return on investment may exceed the increased capital gains tax liability . |