Example sentences of "[adv] for a long time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 2 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
| 3 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 4 | Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions . |
| 5 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
| 6 | Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus . |
| 7 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | A Mum and Dad who 'd known vaguely for a long time that Conor liked holding parties were suddenly being told over cups of tea and Hobnobs about vast acid house raves in the middle of fields , about police chases across whole counties , about an entire organisation that Conor had run ( Conor had run an organisation ? ) , which could call a party and have 5,000 people turning up at £20 a ticket within 48 hours . |
| 10 | The atmosphere was not exactly lively but I continued to have lunch there for a long time because she was extremely kind and the food was good . |
| 11 | " Signs of a coming plateau have been there for a long time and are now getting better and better " , according to independent consultant Richard Kimberlin . |
| 12 | We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley . |
| 13 | The first was occupied by Miss Trimby , the last of a family that had lived there for a long time whilst her neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Collins with their middle-aged bachelor son . |
| 14 | He studied her minutely for a long time until she felt his eyes had bored into her very skull . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , Daouad , you will not see the Sukkariya again for a long time unless you answer my questions . ’ |
| 16 | He watched her closely for a long time but there was no further flicker of consciousness . |
| 17 | Sometimes the virus stays there quietly for a long time and the person stays well . |