Example sentences of "[verb] for a long time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them . |
| 2 | That left him deciding for a long time which club to use for his third shot . |
| 3 | If the long and complex passage of Athenaeus 6 ( 273a–275b ) , which Felix Jacoby gives as fragment 59 , can be considered a trustworthy summary of Posidonius ' views about Roman civilization , two features emerge : ( a ) the Romans preserved for a long time their extreme simplicity of life ; ( b ) in that long period they learnt many techniques from various foreigners ( Greeks , Etruscans , Samnites and Iberians ) and their constitutional principles from the Spartans . |
| 4 | why , that 's what the problem you 've spoken for a long time you just know it , but you do n't know why you use that way , you just do that way . |
| 5 | Some young people in care have voiced for a long time their preference for residential rather than fostering care ( Page and Clark , 1977 ) . |
| 6 | Archbishop Eames said : ‘ I have believed for a long time there is a crying need for the Churches to examine the problem of sectarianism in depth . |
| 7 | Does n't matter I mean , it 'll go for a long time you know . |