Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] for [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nell stayed as she was for a long time , then had an inspiration . |
| 2 | The guy who 's been in the business or been in the same patch or whatever it is for a long time , |
| 3 | One should not expect to obtain a detailed contract , but once a commitment is made it is for the long term . |
| 4 | It was for a long time a small and cheap organisation . |
| 5 | During the development of modern phonetics in the present century it was for a long time hoped that scientific study of intonation would make it possible to state what the function of each different aspect of intonation was , and that foreign learners could then be taught rules to enable them to use intonation in the way that native speakers use it . |
| 6 | But now , after his near miss with Hoomey , Nails remembered that he was for the long drop next time — no more cautions . |