Example sentences of "[verb] not [vb infin] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Susie did not reply for a long time . |
| 2 | Sir David Alliance , Coats chairman , said the sales were part of Coats ' continuing policy of disposing of peripheral activities that do not fit in the long term strategy of the group . |
| 3 | Mummy was there it did n't feel like a long day did it ? |
| 4 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 5 | She did n't breathe for a long time . |
| 6 | Thus we have Macdonald reporting on the " almost unanimous chorus of opinion that women 's work as compositors is so inferior to men 's that it does not pay in the long run " ( the chorus in question being from employers ) But the testimony of individual employers is far from unanimous or even consistent . |
| 7 | Yeah , mind you his , his short er term policies so it does n't matter in the long run . |
| 8 | It does n't pay in the long run . |
| 9 | He ca n't see that does n't help in the long run if , |