Example sentences of "for long [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would n't fool them for long but it would do for a moment . |
| 2 | It played for a little while , I did n't play it for long but it did play . |
| 3 | They tell you to go on with artificial respiration for ever , for long after you 've given up hope . |
| 4 | Here and there a regular path of some animal helped them but it rarely ran in one direction for long and they were unwilling to lose contact with the water which they would eventually have to cross . |
| 5 | ‘ But not for long and I never came over to the Yamacraw . |
| 6 | The warrant officer was speechless , but not for long and he thundered at him as he had on me a few minutes before . |
| 7 | You see , I did n't know her for long and it was a privilege to meet her at all . |
| 8 | But unfortunately this did not last for long as we came to a narrow , shallow strip of the river . |
| 9 | Peace did not reign for long as he provoked the ultimate chop for himself by one day taking his scissors to all of the models ' heads and cropping them . |
| 10 | Modigliani and Miller argue that this situation can not persist for long as it offers arbitrage profits to the individual investor . |
| 11 | He did not sing for long because he was old , but it was enough . |
| 12 | But I wo n't be off for long because I 've to follow Marcus . ’ |