Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 31 | Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | Although it is difficult to reach firm conclusions from the small number of patients who underwent balloon counterpulsation , those few who have survived in the long term underwent such a procedure while their renal function was still normal or nearly normal and their renal state remained stable until transplantation . |
| 34 | As an apologist , he seems totally blind to the fact that the New Testament is just such a collection of old books , which require , if we are to understand them aright , patience and a willingness to listen to scholars who have meditated for a long time on the nature of the ( often quite puzzling and contradictory ) material which they contain . |
| 35 | You have hidden for a long time , Maggie , and missed so much . ’ |
| 36 | You do n't expect that from people you have known for a long time . |
| 37 | Your friends usually are the one you have known for a long period of time , for example at work or at university . |
| 38 | We 've moved on a long way from the original version . ’ |
| 39 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 40 | ‘ Our side against Huddersfield will be the most experienced we have fielded for a long time . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | We have accepted for a long time that traumatic stress incidents are the basis of an industrial injury claim . |
| 43 | We have known for a long time that there is no one right way to analyze a proposed capital investment . |
| 44 | But the Premier League clubs did come up with two positive measures in what Parry described as ‘ the most constructive meeting we have had for a long time . ’ |
| 45 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 46 | But it has such appeal that the casinos are reporting more feverish betting activity than they 've known in a long time . |
| 47 | They are perhaps playing a more prominent part than they have done for a long time . |
| 48 | Besides , the variations in the pattern and emphasis of such courses seem to have grown up largely pragmatically , as a function of the organizational ‘ discretion ’ that both institutions and academics have in responding to the needs , pressures and priorities they have perceived over a long period of time . |
| 49 | In calling for a vote on European union , TODAY is speaking up for what most of us have wanted for a long time . |