Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't enjoyed myself so much for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | It is the stately motion of the gas giants that is alone responsible for the long interval ( about 180 years ) between full synods , and an ‘ outer half-synod ’ recurs at exactly the same interval . |
| 3 | Cool , refreshing pastel shades are just right for a long hot summer ! |
| 4 | Lawson himself , while neither tactful nor popular , was astonishingly successful for a long period . |
| 5 | Of course , some sort of pattern can be teased out of the most disordered subject though it may take half a dozen attempts before a pictorial structure emerges ; such an unhurried approach is not always possible for the long distance traveller . |
| 6 | They were both quiet for a long time both thinking much the same thing : was such a pretence a way of beginning or would it destroy the might have-been ? |
| 7 | I did n't recognize it as fresh-green-shootiness for a long time . |
| 8 | Yet she knew it was there , in the background , darkening all her thoughts , rendering her sleepless in the nights following their departure and also confirming something of which she had been dimly aware for a long time . |
| 9 | The organization 's market share had been relatively stable for a long time and even growing in concert with the growth in world economies . |
| 10 | Chesarynth concentrated on the maths of it so hard that for a long time she ignored the awareness tugging at her subconscious . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It made me quite nervous for a long time . |
| 13 | These positions are then pre-empted for a long time as the incumbents have many years to go before retirement . |
| 14 | After all , you really were quite ill for a long time . |
| 15 | We have a son who still lives at home who in fact has been quite ill for a long time and erm she you know the amount the work she has done therefore has been seriously limited . |
| 16 | The intrusive Boswell then took another liberty — ; that of pointing out to Johnson ‘ that he very often sat quite silent for a long time , even when in company with only a single friend ’ , at which Johnson reminded Boswell of an acquaintance who had once observed , ‘ Sir , you are like a ghost : you never speak till you are spoken to . ’ |
| 17 | According to modern portfolio theory ( MPT ) pension funds ought to hold a ‘ core ’ portfolio of securities in large blue chip companies that are rarely traded , ( i.e. held for the long term ) around which ‘ satellite ’ shares in smaller less well known ( less well analysed , and therefore possibly inefficiently priced — see Chapter 11 ) companies are actively traded in order to make short-term capital investments . |
| 18 | Pont Royal is conveniently accessible for the long weekend away : the flight time from Heathrow to Marseilles is less than two hours , with the resort only half an hour from the airport . |
| 19 | At night we were visited by entrepreneurs in sarongs and Muslim black felt " peci " hats , who knocked so quietly that for a long time we thought they were merely underpowered geckos . |
| 20 | The rate of unemployment in Glasgow has been very high for a long time , and I accept that that is unfortunate . |
| 21 | He admitted quietly , ‘ I was very sad for a long time , but not now . |
| 22 | I was very unhappy for a long time after that . |
| 23 | So it is I I I wo n't predict you know how it 's gon na be too much you know because obviously er it 's just the day to day living is quite difficult for most people have to work and cope with their families and you know so there 's not going to be er that the fundamentals are are not gon na be changed and obviously people are gon na be very broke for a long time because in a strike situation you probably do n't ever really quite recover . |
| 24 | The boat was too small for a long journey , and I did not want to die at sea . |
| 25 | You 've been very quiet for a long time . ’ |