Example sentences of "for a [adj] time [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have not kept up with the nursing journals or have been out of practice for a long time then you will have to trust to luck or the recommendations of others as to the relevance and value of any course you choose to attend . |
| 2 | For a long time now we 've called ourselves poor , but we 've managed to get along . |
| 3 | For a long time now I 've intended going North . |
| 4 | I attended the funeral and for a long time afterwards we , as a family , used to take flowers to the grave . |
| 5 | It was the most exciting , extraordinary experience he had ever had , and for a long time afterwards he would bend any ear he could find on the subject . |