Example sentences of "[adj] for [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | " 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 . |
| 32 | They stayed together like this for a long time . |
| 33 | I know you 've thought about this for a long time , ’ he hissed , gripping her shoulders tightly to prevent movement . |
| 34 | They remained like this for a long time . |
| 35 | I thought about this for a long time and slowly I realized that I was not extraordinary in this . |
| 36 | ‘ This is n't a sudden change of course — we 've been working on this for a long time and over the last five years have moved our portfolio towards lower cost exploration areas . |
| 37 | I was thought of as rather gallant and dashing , and I played on this for a long time , emphasizing the cruelty and hardship aspects of the camp , and skating over the boredom and hunger , which were what I chiefly remembered . |
| 38 | Stars will remain stable like this for a long time , with heat from the nuclear reactions balancing the gravitational attraction . |
| 39 | I do this for a long time . |
| 40 | 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 ? |
| 41 | I 've been wanting to say this for a long time . ’ |
| 42 | Now people have been looking at this for a long time . |
| 43 | ‘ We have wanted something like this for a long time . ’ |
| 44 | I do n't think he will be able to , like this for a long time . |
| 45 | 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 ! |
| 46 | It has been clear for a long time that where land adjoining the highway is unintentionally entered , i.e. as a result of a car accident , that the plaintiff must prove negligence ( River Wear Commissioners v Adamson ( 1877 ) 2 App Cas 743 ) . |
| 47 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 48 | It maybe faithful for a long time , perhaps you build up that trust , and it 's only once you 've got beyond that , that you can then begin to actually influence er , negotiate with them . |
| 49 | He suggested using watertight ox bladders as containers ; in them , tied to the saddle , plants could be kept fresh for a long time . |
| 50 | The rate of unemployment in Glasgow has been very high for a long time , and I accept that that is unfortunate . |
| 51 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 52 | There was no question of demolition taking place and the site standing derelict for a long time , he said . |
| 53 | We work more or less in the same area but had n't talked to one another for a long time . |
| 54 | ‘ They had been against one another for a long time . |
| 55 | Examples of convergence on a large scale occur when two or more continents are isolated from one another for a long time , and a parallel range of " trades " is adopted by unrelated animals on each of the continents . |
| 56 | Some flights are delayed , a few for a long time . |
| 57 | It 's the last I 'll see of the outside for a long time . ’ |
| 58 | The trend towards equality of attainment is especially marked in schools that have been comprehensive for a long time . |
| 59 | I have n't enjoyed myself so much for a long time . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ Well , it wo n't be dark for a long time yet . |