Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] for a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club .
2 The atmosphere was not exactly lively but I continued to have lunch there for a long time because she was extremely kind and the food was good .
3 She moved towards a seat and regarded the girl steadily for a long moment .
4 Never wipe Rosie and Jim off for a long time .
5 We may not see this place again for a long time . ’
6 But it is an agreement which is " restrictive of trade " in this sense , that it requires a man to give his services and wares to one person only for a long term of years to the exclusion of all others .
7 Similarly , we can say that the purchase of a new machine by a firm is investment — the machine itself will not yield utility to anyone in the current period but will produce ( or help to produce ) consumer goods probably for a long time into the future .
8 As she was saying good-bye to him on the last day , she knew that they would n't see each other again for a long time .
9 It would become known as the Aladdin Sane Retirement Tour of Great Britain , comprising over 40 appearances and culminating at Hammersmith Odeon for the famous final concert of June 3 , 1973 , when David announced his ‘ retirement ’ and that he would n't perform live concerts again for a long time — not for two or three years at least .
10 Marcus stared into his beer broodingly for a long minute .
11 Aha this was a man who had been a joiner there for a long time .
12 ‘ Well , Daouad , you will not see the Sukkariya again for a long time unless you answer my questions . ’
13 ‘ I do n't want to do theatre again for a long time , ’ he said .
14 I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration .
15 She had to leave the floor , they had to walk , that 's right , they had to walk on the concrete floor without tiles on for a long time
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