Example sentences of "[not/n't] [prep] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've got a nasty feeling he may need to jack up interest rates further , but possibly not for very long . ’ |
| 2 | The deaf in Exeter occupied temporary premises for a few weeks , before settling into another building near the centre of the town , but not for very long . |
| 3 | The particle of matter is instantly whipped towards the black hole by the huge gravitational tug ; the antiparticle is simultaneously repelled , and zips off to become a part of our Universe — although probably not for very long , because it will annihilate itself as soon as it encounters another matter particle . |
| 4 | Perhaps she would think of him one day with less ill-will than now , but not for very long at a time ; not obsessively , not like this . |
| 5 | It was thought that if the balls of soft paste were boiled , long enough to toughen the outer surface , but not for too long so that the inner remained soft , there would still be plenty of flavour left in the bait to serve its purpose , and sufficient toughness to make it extremely difficult for a smaller fish to take the bait in smaller portions . |
| 6 | Not for too long . |
| 7 | Not for too long , though . |
| 8 | Mitzer 's death had stunned him , but not for too long . |
| 9 | My constituents who are in prison — I hope not for too long — are becoming increasingly disaffected . |
| 10 | I could n't leave her , not after so long finding her . |
| 11 | I was n't in there long until I was pregnant with Sheila . |