Example sentences of "[verb] [det] for a long " in BNC.

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1 Okay you wo n't need to know that for a long time yet anyway will you .
2 Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time .
3 she obviously did n't know this for a long time and then one day I said to her , well , it was lovely meal and all that but I do think your mark-up on the wine is scandalous !
4 She had not done that for a long time .
5 Are n't you playing the piano ? shall we get that book that you have , it 's yellow I think it 's down there , we have n't done that for a long time have we , we can do that while daddy and Tim are playing
6 She 'll do that for a long time , I bet .
7 I have n't seen that for a long time
8 Yes , yes , she 's , she 's had , she 's had one of those and I have n't seen that for a long time .
9 Have n't had that for a long while
10 Erm if they , if you 've got a heavy mortgage , and I 'm not suggesting that many of you will have a heavy mortgage , it 's not a bad thing when you 're retiring to fix a rate , because we 've not been able to do that for a long time .
11 I 've been doing that for a long , long time .
12 And … and I 've known that for a long time . ’
13 Yes , I 've known that for a long time .
14 " I know , " Patrick said defiantly , realizing what she was trying to do , " I 've known that for a long time . "
15 Has not the time come at last — some of us have been saying this for a long time — for my right hon. Friend , or his successor , to consider seriously the alternative policy that many have advocated : administrative devolution , or short-term integration ?
16 I do this for a long time .
17 " I have advocated this for a long time " , he declared , " and now I see that some of the shipowners are inclined to agree to it .
18 I 've been meaning to say this for a long time , ’ said Susan , with an assumption of severity which moved her sister to ribald mirth .
19 I 've been wanting to say this for a long time . ’
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