Example sentences of "[to-vb] [det] [prep] a long " in BNC.

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1 If they can learn to sustain this over a long while , The La 's would be world-shakers .
2 Okay you wo n't need to know that for a long time yet anyway will you .
3 Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 I 've been wanting to say this for a long time . ’
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