Example sentences of "[vb pp] for a [adv] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |
| 2 | Unkindly , I laughed and told him that that sounded just about the worst idea I had heard for a very long time . |
| 3 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 4 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 5 | But then he had already had enough to keep him and many others occupied for a very long time . |
| 6 | Yet ironically , recent government policies have created a situation where more and more prisoners serving life and other long sentences have rather less to lose , for it has now been decreed that various categories of serious offender will not normally be considered for parole , or not considered for a very long time ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 7 | They had the easy familiarity of two people who knew each other very well indeed , and had done for a very long time . |
| 8 | It was something he had not felt for a very long time . |
| 9 | In the spring of 1976 I decided to act on a need I had felt for a very long time . |
| 10 | For example , the Eskimos , who as hunters and fishermen are right at the bottom of Marx 's and Engels 's technological scale , have a kinship terminology which does not classify relatives any more than the English system does — a sign for Morgan of the presence of monogamy — while the Malays , who have possessed for a very long time highly advanced agricultural techniques , use a kinship terminology which Morgan and Engels associated with the earliest stages of evolution . |
| 11 | There was a flicker of response in them which Brian had not seen for a very long time . |
| 12 | McKellar argued that while more than 70 per cent of people answering a questionnaire reported at least one hypnagogic experience the actual incidence may be even higher , as " it can be overlooked for a very long time even by those who subsequently realize that they have the experience frequently … |
| 13 | The walls were lined with bookshelves , each shelf crammed with books , mostly in long sets of leather-bound volumes that looked as if they had not been read , or touched , or even dusted for a very long time . |
| 14 | The irony is it 's the best team we 've had for a very long time . ’ |
| 15 | Some of the landforms , especially if they are depositional , may be quickly destroyed , but forms cut into resistant rocks may be preserved for a very long time . |
| 16 | Christian festivals had coexisted for a very long time with ancient non-Christian celebrations . |
| 17 | It is a factor recognised for a very long time in relation to language learning . |
| 18 | It 's been known for a very long time that from these cases you can isolate this organism C diphtheria bacterium which you saw in the practical classes and has this distinctive stayed property where er certain granules can be stayed up and also the arrangement of the cells is rather reminiscent of what called Chinese lettering . |
| 19 | It was impossible to do anything except admit something that she had known for a very long time . |
| 20 | Therefore , before a conclusion is reached , tests must be continued for a sufficiently long time to demonstrate an adequate shelf-life in the market concerned . |
| 21 | I am delighted to hear that St Nicholas ' Church , long known for its association with sailors and the sea , is launching an appeal to create a special maritime chapel , something the city has lacked for a very long time . |
| 22 | Owen O'Neil agrees : ‘ There 's no major comedy circuit in Northern Ireland in the way there is in London , but people have survived for a very long time on the strength of their own sense of humour . ’ |
| 23 | Woodland has , therefore , been managed for a very long time and we shall examine this further in a moment . |