Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 2 | These were friends not seen for a long time , visited now because there was something to celebrate . |
| 3 | Lions are strong but can not run for a long time . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 5 | One enterprising station-master frequently told all passengers that their trains would not leave for a long time . |
| 6 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |
| 7 | These , he says , were not overcome without a long struggle . |
| 8 | Anyway , we thought it would be suitably ironic and some sort of justice for having been booted off the Argent tour to cover that song , especially as Argent have not existed for a long time . |
| 9 | Susie did not reply for a long time . |
| 10 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 11 | Now that 's an English expression I have n't heard in a long time . |
| 12 | And I know so many songs that it would be fun to go out there and say , ‘ Hey , man , do you remember this one ? ’ or , ‘ Here 's one you have n't heard in a long time . ' ’ |
| 13 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 14 | " You do n't know what your talking about , " Katherine began , experiencing a deep burning rage that she had n't felt for a long time , a rage all the more intense because she knew she could do nothing about it . |
| 15 | Mummy was there it did n't feel like a long day did it ? |
| 16 | Kate has a sensitivity and a gentleness in her face that we have n't seen for a long time . ’ |
| 17 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 18 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 19 | ‘ I have hit shots this week I have n't seen in a long time . |
| 20 | There was an expression on her face I had n't seen in a long time . |
| 21 | Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one |
| 22 | Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them . |
| 23 | Have n't done for a long time . |
| 24 | He made himself a mixed grill , something he had n't had for a long time , and followed it with real coffee . |
| 25 | It 's the first time I 've actually , well cos I have n't sung for a long time . |
| 26 | But that wo n't happen for a long time , says Richard Outcalt , a retail-sales consultant in Seattle . |
| 27 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |
| 28 | She did n't breathe for a long time . |