Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] for a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay you wo n't need to know that for a long time yet anyway will you . |
| 2 | Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time . |
| 3 | It is only extinguished or " barred " because the claim it gives to land has been allowed to remain unpressed for a long time in face of a rival title … the effect of the Act is to eliminate . |
| 4 | Erm if they , if you 've got a heavy mortgage , and I 'm not suggesting that many of you will have a heavy mortgage , it 's not a bad thing when you 're retiring to fix a rate , because we 've not been able to do that for a long time . |
| 5 | I 've been meaning to say this for a long time , ’ said Susan , with an assumption of severity which moved her sister to ribald mirth . |
| 6 | I 've been wanting to say this for a long time . ’ |