Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | You , when you rang the other night you , you did sound like Jackie , I 'm sure you were Jackie on the phone , and with her not living here very long |
| 2 | You may not have very much longer . ’ |
| 3 | As I warned you already , you may not have very much longer . ’ |
| 4 | A characteristic feature of the placebo effect is that it does not last all that long : it is usually only a matter of weeks , and two to six months is about the most that can be expected : If a patient responds to a new treatment and is still well after a year , it is unlikely to be a placebo effect . |
| 5 | er Irene was er , erm bath on a Tuesday and Ron usually goes , Ron does n't stay in very long , Irene just goes for about half an hour so she said Ron is n't coming to the bath today , he 's got a bad throat , and I never thought to say , how is his throat this |
| 6 | whoever , which one of us is there decides to , of course if he decides this after the service you ca n't stay there very long . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps we should n't wait too much longer , sir ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know how much longer you 'll be forced to put up with me , but until the happy day I can bid you farewell I 'll try to keep out of your hair as much as I can . |
| 9 | Proba yeah but well we have n't got all that long to go now . |
| 10 | Should n't lay there too long . |
| 11 | well he would n't , do n't take all that long to put guttering up does it ? unless he 's pointing the bricks up , he was there all day yesterday |
| 12 | The greetings , we look at each part , the greetings and er appropriate sociability , that was good did n't go on too long , friendly , two way , was n't all one , one sided . |
| 13 | snakes and ladders , does n't go on too long |
| 14 | She had n't lived there very long though had she ? |