Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [art] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | I have thought so for a very long time . ’ |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | ‘ We 've worked together for a very long time . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You have to remember that Tim , Sue and I have worked together for a very long time now . |
| 6 | Anna and the gipsy woman spoke together for a very long time . |
| 7 | 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 . |