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 |