Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's all over for a long time . |
| 2 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time , ’ he told the ever-comforting Jones , ‘ and shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 4 | Once workers have installed Britain 's new cable , no one expects that the country will want to replace it — at least not for a long time . |
| 5 | Sometimes the virus stays there quietly for a long time and the person stays well . |
| 6 | They looked as if they had been dressed in a hurry and not very suitably for a long walk on the headland , even in a warm autumn . |
| 7 | Alice was understandably puzzled , saying , ‘ Well in our country you 'd generally get to somewhere else — if you ran very fast for a long time as we 've been doing . ’ |