Example sentences of "[verb] that [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Okay you wo n't need to know that for a long time yet anyway will you . |
2 | She had not done that for a long time . |
3 | Are n't you playing the piano ? shall we get that book that you have , it 's yellow I think it 's down there , we have n't done that for a long time have we , we can do that while daddy and Tim are playing |
4 | ‘ We have n't done that in a long time . ’ |
5 | She 'll do that for a long time , I bet . |
6 | So if y if the chemicals will do that over a long period of time to rubber , think what it would do to your skin . |
7 | I have n't seen that for a long time |
8 | Yes , yes , she 's , she 's had , she 's had one of those and I have n't seen that for a long time . |
9 | Have n't had that for a long while |
10 | I mean I would open my eyes and see myself like that , wake up and then I 'd bounce off the bed and then I 'd sit there bouncing and , and but I have n't had that in a long time and wh when I thought now a lot of times , if I think that I leave either the front door unlocked , my house unlocked or the garage door open I go and actually check that in the middle of the night . |
11 | Erm if they , if you 've got a heavy mortgage , and I 'm not suggesting that many of you will have a heavy mortgage , it 's not a bad thing when you 're retiring to fix a rate , because we 've not been able to do that for a long time . |
12 | And … and I 've known that for a long time . ’ |
13 | Yes , I 've known that for a long time . |
14 | " I know , " Patrick said defiantly , realizing what she was trying to do , " I 've known that for a long time . " |
15 | But I did n't learn that until a long time after . |