Example sentences of "on [pron] for [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | I had to work on them for a long time . |
2 | There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now . |
3 | Well , in my observation , as regards young boys , it er th they played could play them up , the lads would play pranks on the teacher , who would put the best on it for a long time . |
4 | Wew 've been working on it for a long time , polticals issues are nothing to do with us , we 're a commercial company |
5 | machine until Monday and then though we 'll take him off , of course being on it for a long period |