Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [adv] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh she 's alright , she just had double nappies on for a very long time |
| 2 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 3 | They get typically twice or two and a half times the salaries that our people get and that 's being going on for a very long time . |
| 4 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
| 5 | I have thought so for a very long time . ’ |
| 6 | She says here in Stanton Harcourt there 's been gravel working for more than 30 yearsand that means lorries , dust , noise and a general loss of amenity … so for a very long time people face the loss of the countryside around them . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've worked together for a very long time . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You have to remember that Tim , Sue and I have worked together for a very long time now . |
| 9 | Anna and the gipsy woman spoke together for a very long time . |
| 10 | And this pays in the results you get only after a very long time . |
| 11 | Would it not be a good idea if the airlines , when checking in passengers in those countries from which large quantities of drugs come to this country , were to hand each passenger a paper in his or her own language clearly explaining that if they bring drugs into the United Kingdom they are likely to be caught and , if they are caught , they are likely to go away for a very long time indeed ? |
| 12 | I 'd lastly like to say a thank you to Kevin , because I think , as a man , it is obviously more difficult for him to broach this subject , and he 's been pursuing this through APEX through for a very long time , and has worked extremely hard , so I 'd like to say thank you to him , and thank you to you now for taking the message back home . |
| 13 | Stars of this kind are ejecting material , and it has even been suggested that Gamma Velorum may become a supernova in the future , though probably not for a very long time yet . |
| 14 | Never before , and probably not for a very long time again will it be possible to recreate such an exhibition , containing as it does important paintings from major Western and Russian museums and private collections , as well as outstanding works from circa fifty provincial and specialised museums in the former Soviet Union . |
| 15 | I mean that people like , you know , have said that the British secret intelligence have been have been doing now for a quite long time have been waging a sort of undercover war and er I 'm sure some of it 's true |
| 16 | Yes ar are not that good but I 'm working at it on a sort of regional basis erm but you may have to keep me here for a very long time in order to achieve it . |
| 17 | Now please tell me if I 'm keeping you , I know I 've been here for a very long time |
| 18 | They have been around for a very long time , as I said , dating right back to Model Book 35 in fact , which appeared in 1982 . |
| 19 | But once the kids arrive , then everything changes — now I know I want to be around for a very long time . ’ |
| 20 | Er it 's partly using some questions that 've been around for a very long time but there 're some subtle variations and some new ones added in , okay ? |
| 21 | It 's , I am sure , been around for a very long time . |
| 22 | But decline does not mean " cessation " , immediately or even after a very long time ; although erection will occur gradually less often , ejaculation will take longer to achieve with the passing years and the frequency of sexual intercourse tends slowly to decrease , there need not be any enormous difference sexually between a man of 20 and one of 70 . |
| 23 | It is important to have been about for a very long time . |
| 24 | Clearly , Petasites has been there for a very long time . |
| 25 | You wo n't see him at that price again for a very long time . |
| 26 | That what the inspector 's been telling us year after year , that we are in serious danger of not coming up to the protection safety standards , is something that we ca n't push into the background any longer and I 'm very glad it 's come to the full council so that the whole council can take it seriously the public protection committee has taken it seriously for a very long time . |