Example sentences of "[verb] for a long time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ She suffered for a long time and although her father never knew about it , her mother did . ’ |
| 3 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 4 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 14 | The judgements that have to be made are complex , not least because local government has existed for a long time and the opportunities for building up capital or depleting it have been great . |
| 15 | These can be kept for a long time and are likely to breed . |
| 16 | Their eyes held for a long time and then he rested back on his elbows and looked at the treetops , his face suddenly serious . |