Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 3 | It might well give her a better perspective on things if she could get right away for a short time . |
| 4 | The Government have offered the excuse that that happened under a Labour Government in 1977 , as if it was right to continue to do something that was done once before for a short time . |
| 5 | Sometimes the virus stays there quietly for a long time and the person stays well . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |