Example sentences of "be [adv] for [art] long time " in BNC.
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1 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
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 | We 've been away for a long time . |
5 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
6 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
7 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |
8 | The trapped feeling must have been because she had been indoors for a long time . |
9 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
10 | Daisy had been back for a long time ; she looked white and pinched . |
11 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
12 | CHARLES and Diana will be together for a long time to come . |
13 | So Eddie knows the real Delia Forbes has gone away and wo n't be back for a long time … but so what ? ’ |
14 | It will be around for a long time . |
15 | She 'll be around for a long time yet . ’ |
16 | REGARDLESS of how much longer Norman Lamont survives at No 11 , his Budget will be around for a long time . |
17 | Of Records , Laurie Bruce writes : ‘ Many people are giving up records for cassettes or compact discs – a great mistake as records will be around for a long time to come . |
18 | Opposition Back-Bench Members have been questioning my right hon. and hon. Friends and myself on the basis that we shall be here for a long time , whereas Front-Bench spokesmen still nurse the occasional illusion . |
19 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
20 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
21 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
22 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
23 | Marijuana , liberalism , wild living and protestation had been around for a long time . |
24 | As W Somerset Maugham once pointed out , short stories have been around for a long time . |
25 | The principles of magnetic recording had been around for a long time . |
26 | Modernism , by then , had been around for a long time , and much of it looked ready to be stacked away into the attic . |
27 | Artificial pitches have been around for a long time , and this was particularly well illustrated in Holland , where they were rolling out their red shale-type material and putting coconut matting over it 40 years ago . |
28 | The problem 's been around for a long time , but what 's new is that in an age when women are releasing themselves from stereotypical roles of submission , it 's the men still locked into emotionally repressive macho fantasies who are having all the problems . |
29 | Well I think it 's been open to any higher education institution to grab this idea because it 's been around for a long time , the great beauty of Napier is to some degree it 's a centre of excellence it 's got its B A course so has Queen Margaret but at the bottom end but why should I say the bottom end at the bottom end it 's got the B A communications course at the top end it 's got apprentice training for printers . |
30 | Maybe we 've just misunderstood , even though we 've been around for a long time , my own trades council in Battersea and Wandsworth celebrated its hundredth anniversary this year . |