Example sentences of "[det] for a very long time " in BNC.

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1 Chesarynth thought about that for a very long time .
2 as to which of those distinguished people should be dispensed with , but nevertheless it might be the advantage of everybody if the numbers of the cabinet were reduced to sixteen , I personally thought that for a very long time .
3 Having just painfully disentangled herself from one relationship , she had no intention of getting involved in another for a very long time .
4 I would n't say there was much between the two teams apart from the first half here this afternoon when United , I have n't seen United dominate a side so much for a very long time , and really , I mean you were here Peter , three or four nil at half time would not have been a bad reflection on United 's performance in any way at all .
5 If you take these for a very long time you get a beard and a deep voice , but as I only needed a month 's supply I escaped such horrors .
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