Example sentences of "[prep] it for [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Likely any car would have traces of it for a long time .
2 He wrote this book , he started Traidcraft off , he was the person who was i his brainchild , he was the driving force behind it for a long time .
3 Sticking with it for the long haul , typically 5–7 years .
4 It 's great , cos the water 's warm , and I fill up the sink and keep my hands in it for a long time .
5 No in in your memory , of course , you 've been involved in it for a long time , have n't you ?
6 But that was only because I 'd lived in it for a long time and I got a discount so the house was really
7 He has n't been in it for a long time .
8 A company is treated as an associated undertaking when the group holds a substantial interest in it for the long term , and exercises a significant influence over its operating and financial policy decisions .
9 I know I have n't anything to offer her and that it might be years before I could afford to run a house and give her the kind of life style she 's used to , so I would n't expect Sir Philip to agree to it for a long while . ’
10 We all lived on top of each other and at any time one of us was probably irritated in some way by one of the others , but Tom seemed to hold on to it for a long time , never expressing his resentment until he just flipped into despising somebody .
11 ‘ I fell for him at once and he seemed attracted to me , but that was all there was to it for a long time .
12 We have been looking forward to it for a long time , ’ said one oilman .
13 machine until Monday and then though we 'll take him off , of course being on it for a long period
14 Well , in my observation , as regards young boys , it er th they played could play them up , the lads would play pranks on the teacher , who would put the best on it for a long time .
15 Wew 've been working on it for a long time , polticals issues are nothing to do with us , we 're a commercial company
16 We must , surely , eventually get to recovery , but we have been waiting for it for a long time .
17 I could see he was going to be unhappy about it for a long time , and that there was nothing I could do about it .
18 But he does n't do anything about it for a long time .
19 She suffered so much when he did casuals that he 'd lied about it for a long time .
20 Well think about it for a long time
21 Mouse took its head in his hands and met its eyes , looking at it for a long moment .
22 Sabine looked at it for a long moment , aware of a faint stirring in her consciousness , some elusive memory , fleetingly brought to life .
23 She stared down at it for a long time .
24 I can not be sure that he noticed all that , but he stared at it for a long time , getting down on his hands .
25 Jazz looked at it for a long time , then he propped it back against the lamp , and turned the light out .
26 Says Mike , ‘ When the chimps first saw the platform , they stared at it for a long time , and then they realised it was just me up there , and carried on . ’
27 She looked at it for a long time , and then began to cry .
28 She looked at it for a long time .
29 I looked at it for a long time until Marie Claire 's kitchen began to form itself around the pots .
30 She stared at it for a long time , shivering , icy fingers trailing along her spine .
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