Example sentences of "not [verb] a [adv] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tenant should therefore initially attempt to delete clause 5.2.2 , but if this is not accepted a sufficiently long date should be inserted in it . |
| 2 | Version 6.0 of Pick will not have a very long life , however — by the summer , versions 6.1 will be in beta test . |
| 3 | The Scot has a briskish pace and does n't need a particularly long run , as he proved the other week against Hampshire . |
| 4 | Yes and on the whole recently we 've had prisoners who been imprison for sort of two or three years , we 've , we 've made up petitions , we 've sent postcards and we 've , we 've written letters and er they 've been released in reasonably short space of time , but then mostly the prisoners which , who have n't had a very long sentence , unlike the one I mentioned on the way here tonight , have the Russian who had been in thirty years |
| 5 | ‘ That did n't take a very long time , ’ said Masklin . |
| 6 | You did n't have a very long sleep did you ? |
| 7 | Eighty years does n't seem a very long time when you consider the art of acting has been prospering in Europe over the last four hundred or so years , quite apart from the great traditions of ancient Greek drama . |