Example sentences of "do [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time .
2 fixations might do better in the long run by holding out until you 've got enough cash to buy the real thing .
3 In the bite-shaped hollow , a small mound of viscous lava was growing and continued to do so for a long time afterwards .
4 Social anthropologists can and do study members of their own society and they have been doing so for a long time , though mostly they do not do it very well .
5 He did so after a long consultation with the Prime Minister .
6 I do have some sympathy for cou councillor I do know this area and I I do know the traffic problems there and and we do really in the long term need to do something about it .
7 I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you .
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