Example sentences of "[adv] for a long [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 2 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 3 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 4 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 5 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 6 | By this time , Lou and Charlie had moved too — the business had been running down for a long period and there was no point in staying in a flat over a shop that did n't exist any more . |
| 7 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 8 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 9 | Seem to put them away for a long while but |
| 10 | No , well that 's it int it ? so er if things are reasonable we might just go away for a long weekend or something , go find us a place in Southport for a weekend |
| 11 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |
| 12 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
| 13 | Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus . |
| 14 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 15 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |
| 16 | " Signs of a coming plateau have been there for a long time and are now getting better and better " , according to independent consultant Richard Kimberlin . |
| 17 | We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley . |
| 18 | He watched her closely for a long time but there was no further flicker of consciousness . |
| 19 | Sometimes the virus stays there quietly for a long time and the person stays well . |