Example sentences of "[verb] for a long time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Was n't I the best prospect Bermondsey 'ad for a long time before I got me wound ? ’ he asked . |
| 2 | This achieves much more in the long run than attempting to concentrate for a long time until fatigue sets in . |
| 3 | He would gaze for a long time and , when Gabriel had finished his tasks , would settle again until the ghost reinforced itself somewhere else a few days later . |
| 4 | We have argued for a long time that there is a peripheral argument that in the strategic interests of the nation we should be concerned about the coal industry . |
| 5 | ‘ She suffered for a long time and although her father never knew about it , her mother did . ’ |
| 6 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 7 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 8 | ‘ I have felt for a long time that the only way this issue was going to be resolved was to have it fixed on a political level — that it would n't just fade away . |
| 9 | Basilican churches continued to be built for a long time but many variations of form developed , with one dominant theme : a dome , or domes over an open space below . |
| 10 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
| 11 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 12 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 13 | It was thought for a long time that he was a Carthusian but there is no firm evidence for this . |
| 14 | it is what I 've always thought for a long time that somebody like Brian if he 's not if he 's not showing at our fish at our show , even as an A class judge , I , I fail to see why he ca n't judge at our show it 's , he goes to Skelm and , and judges there and our fish will be there or strange really when we 're struggling for judges that , that we do n't do these things . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 16 | Soapy moved on , but he walked for a long time before he tried again . |
| 17 | These are goods which last for a long time and which yield the household utility-creating services both in the current period and in future periods . |
| 18 | And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 20 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 21 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 22 | We have known for a long time that there is no one right way to analyze a proposed capital investment . |
| 23 | Managers have known for a long time that demographics matter , but they have always believed that population statistics change slowly . |
| 24 | It has been known for a long time that , partly due to their immense size , elephants can hear much lower sounds than we can . |
| 25 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |
| 26 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 27 | ‘ People see Romania and Albania in the media all the time now but Poland has been suffering for a long time and people are still very much in need of our help , ’ she said . |
| 28 | You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week . |
| 29 | To tell the truth I have only hazy memories of the magazine that I took for a long time and until it ceased publication for reasons that were beyond me . |
| 30 | Tony Dobson put Portsmouth ahead early on and it looked for a long time as though that was going to be the only goal of the game . |