Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they want to go for a longer period , a key worker would go out with them . ’ |
| 2 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 3 | But it has such appeal that the casinos are reporting more feverish betting activity than they 've known in a long time . |
| 4 | They are perhaps playing a more prominent part than they have done for a long time . |
| 5 | Besides , the variations in the pattern and emphasis of such courses seem to have grown up largely pragmatically , as a function of the organizational ‘ discretion ’ that both institutions and academics have in responding to the needs , pressures and priorities they have perceived over a long period of time . |