Example sentences of "around [prep] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You might as well hang around for as long as you can . ’ |
| 2 | When you 've brawled around for as long as I have your senses get to know the kind of fix that you ca n't just walk through or away from . |
| 3 | ‘ Which makes it more difficult for us , ’ said Pooley , ‘ since they did n't hang around for as long as usual , and therefore every single one of them was unobserved by the others for a minimum of half an hour . ’ |
| 4 | We did n't hang around for as long that day — we must rigged the boats ( with a little help ) and prepared to set off . |
| 5 | When Rose saw the table already set for morning , she said , ‘ If you were around for too long I 'd be spoiled rotten . |
| 6 | DO N'T leave your cooked turkey lying around for too long . |
| 7 | I do n't think that Judaism or Christianity will be altered by any of this — they have been around for too long for that . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , she was n't around for very long . |