Example sentences of "[noun pl] for a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | May the Town Crier remain in the very capable hands of the college students and lecturers for a long time to come . |
| 2 | He fondled her between her long legs for a long time , and she remained still for him . |
| 3 | Barry Stewart , defending , said Watson and Paul Cocker had had the offences hanging over their heads for a long time , adding : ‘ It was Darren Cocker 's godfather who was the tragic victim of crime . ’ |
| 4 | Vadinamia has its own ultra-tight security that has been frustrating spies for a long time . |
| 5 | Dogs which have lived in kennels for a long time can be particularly difficult to house-train successfully , although this is helped by the fact that they will only defecate about twice a day . |
| 6 | Hundreds and hundredal arrangements persisted in most areas for a long time , eventually emerging as the administrative units of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries ( until 1974 ) . |
| 7 | Nevertheless physicists have known about these effects for a long time ; indeed , measurements of splitting using radio frequency techniques ( with correspondingly low-energy photons ) provided the first direct evidence of non-spherical nuclei . |
| 8 | Certainly schools will not be handling such retrieval techniques in the present economic circumstances for a long time yet ; though a service to teachers and educational researchers is offered in the United States ( and is available here in some libraries ) by the ERIC system , which provides micro-copies of research papers together with a tolerably thorough indexing system which can be computerized for quick search . |
| 9 | Community development workers , on the other hand , have been interested in health matters for a long time . |
| 10 | I am chairman of the Africa committee of the British Refugee Council , so I have worked closely with refugees for a long time . |
| 11 | The lads were ‘ bang up for it — Talking Heads has been one of our favourite bands for a long time ’ , and another odd musical alliance was struck up , adding to a curious list of collaborations including the Velvet Underground 's John Cale ( who produced ‘ Squirrel And G-Man ’ ) and Donovan ( who supported them on tour ) . |
| 12 | ‘ They will also prevent me from selling these pieces for a long time to come ’ , he said . |
| 13 | Pat had been attending my classes for a long time — years in fact . |
| 14 | British universities for a long time were relatively much more interested in the anthropological investigation of so-called ‘ primitive ’ societies in the more remote areas of the world , and British sociology constituted a relatively minor discipline , centred mainly on the London School of Economics . |
| 15 | and , cos I said to the dealers for a long time you know do n't put them under stairs , do n't put them in store rooms , they get locked , locked up with vacuum cleaners and you ca n't get to the gear when you go to them , do n't put them high up on the wall we ca n't reach them and they just laugh , but er , I think the last laugh 's on us now cos er if I see one high up on the wall , I say well that , I say we 're not accepting that , you have to move it |
| 16 | The festival is also screening POISON , one of the most controversial American films for a long time , which has caused storms of protest in the States and will be a film that has everyone talking . |
| 17 | Have n't eaten pork chops for a long time . |
| 18 | ‘ You know , I have n't had a look at the things for a long time , ’ Müller remarked . |
| 19 | That description has applied to Galloway and Highland cattle for a long time and recent sales of the breeds in Scotland have shown an undiminished interest . |
| 20 | In the case of the socially similar Japanese macaques such individuals may live as solitaries for a long time , growing in size and strength . |
| 21 | In bed that night , Evelyn and Rose talked in whispers for a long time after they were sure that everyone else was asleep . |
| 22 | We 've been pals for a long time . |
| 23 | Radioactive elements remain in our bodies for a long time . |
| 24 | The profits have been in public relations for a long time but too often those in charge have refused to invest some measure of it in capital equipment that would improve client services and the daily life of their workers . |
| 25 | We do put children out into playgrounds for a long time , those children that take lunch in school will spend about 20 per cent of the day in the playground . |
| 26 | And that 's rather a pity because we 've been doing these holidays for a long time now , and I think , those people have enjoyed themselves ? |
| 27 | You see even when they tell the truth , if they 've been telling lies for a long time , even if they , when they tell the truth you do n't believe them |
| 28 | He held me in his arms for a long time , kissing me gently . |
| 29 | Your microhabitat may be without occupants for a long time , but usually some animals will reach it in the end . |
| 30 | Jacquie , who can be contacted on 0483 301831 for information — or for a fundraising pack that could be used by clubs , pubs and organisations — told the Herald : ‘ Politics and now the general election have tended to dominate newspapers for a long time , squeezing out reports on stories about Africa — good as well as bad . |