Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cool , refreshing pastel shades are just right for a long hot summer ! |
| 2 | Yet she knew it was there , in the background , darkening all her thoughts , rendering her sleepless in the nights following their departure and also confirming something of which she had been dimly aware for a long time . |
| 3 | So it is I I I wo n't predict you know how it 's gon na be too much you know because obviously er it 's just the day to day living is quite difficult for most people have to work and cope with their families and you know so there 's not going to be er that the fundamentals are are not gon na be changed and obviously people are gon na be very broke for a long time because in a strike situation you probably do n't ever really quite recover . |
| 4 | We have a son who still lives at home who in fact has been quite ill for a long time and erm she you know the amount the work she has done therefore has been seriously limited . |
| 5 | These positions are then pre-empted for a long time as the incumbents have many years to go before retirement . |
| 6 | The organization 's market share had been relatively stable for a long time and even growing in concert with the growth in world economies . |
| 7 | They were both quiet for a long time both thinking much the same thing : was such a pretence a way of beginning or would it destroy the might have-been ? |
| 8 | After all , you really were quite ill for a long time . |
| 9 | You 've been very quiet for a long time . ’ |
| 10 | The rate of unemployment in Glasgow has been very high for a long time , and I accept that that is unfortunate . |
| 11 | Lawson himself , while neither tactful nor popular , was astonishingly successful for a long period . |
| 12 | The boat was too small for a long journey , and I did not want to die at sea . |
| 13 | I was very unhappy for a long time after that . |
| 14 | He admitted quietly , ‘ I was very sad for a long time , but not now . |