Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] for a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Residents have campaigned for a long time for a speed restriction and traffic calming in Skerne Park , which has a high accident rate . |
| 32 | Some young people in care have voiced for a long time their preference for residential rather than fostering care ( Page and Clark , 1977 ) . |
| 33 | In calling for a vote on European union , TODAY is speaking up for what most of us have wanted for a long time . |
| 34 | Archbishop Eames said : ‘ I have believed for a long time there is a crying need for the Churches to examine the problem of sectarianism in depth . |
| 35 | As we all know , not only in London but in many of our big cities , there are areas of great depression — neglected areas where there are thousands of people out of work — and those areas have existed for a long time . |
| 36 | This is a pity because his book was one of the most interesting textbooks I have read for a long time . |