Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] for [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it would probably be a mistake to draw any such sweeping conclusion , either for the short or for the long term . |
| 2 | It happened almost overnight and for a long time nobody even heard of him . ’ |
| 3 | With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid . |
| 4 | The high point was the abolition of capital punishment which , although finally decided by Parliament after free votes in both Houses in 1965 and 1969 , would not have been possible but for the long campaign , outside Parliament as much as inside , mounted by the penal reformers of the day . |
| 5 | He watched their departure through a spreading mist , and when the last car had gone and the avenue was silent except for the long sigh of grass , he allowed himself to be taken back to his room . |