Example sentences of "for a [adv] long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | They also tend to remain positive for a very long time , if not indefinitely , unless the infection has been treated in the very early stages . |
| 32 | If the farmer could eliminate all other factors and concentrate only on managing his leys ( and the soil on which they grow ) he might succeed in minimizing the effect of the ‘ years of depression ’ and maintain the new grasses and clovers for a very long time . |
| 33 | ‘ I do n't think I shall want to see Dorothy — sister though she is — for a very long time ! ’ |
| 34 | He managed to stay off alcohol because for the first time for a very long time he was truly afraid . |
| 35 | However , whenever they might have been emparked , it seems that the colour pattern had been established in Britain for a very long time indeed . |
| 36 | The breed originated from the Jutland Black Pied , which was known a century ago as a hardier but less productive type of the black pied lowland group and had been bred in Denmark for a very long time . |
| 37 | ‘ When you 've been very independent for a very long time , to depend on somebody else is n't easy , I find . |
| 38 | ‘ Doses would remain large for a very long time … |
| 39 | It would evidently be impossible to resume normal living conditions for a very long time after fallout of the assumed density . ’ |
| 40 | However , there will be , for a very long time , others who will believe that their interests and ambitions can best be served if the First Choice were to be retained as the basic guide to human development . |
| 41 | However , since an Enforcement Notice has to be confirmed by the Secretary of State who is required to have a hearing , and since compensation is payable for any loss arising out of a Stop Notice , if the notice is quashed because the development is authorised or does not require planning permission , unauthorised development can , and does , go on unpenalised for a very long time . |
| 42 | The short answer is : for a very long time . |
| 43 | The man at Capital told me to hold on , and I waited for a very long time . |
| 44 | The official story had always been that Greg was simply a close family friend , but a child could have seen through the pretence and she had not been a child for a very long time , perhaps not since that long-ago night when she was four years old and had stood , unseen , outside a bedroom door … |
| 45 | I have thought so for a very long time . ’ |
| 46 | Nell continued to stare at the sea for a very long time . |
| 47 | Though these problems are a characteristic feature of modern life , they have been with us for a very long time . |
| 48 | The saturation resulted in rain , which fell for a very long time . |
| 49 | Her face looked anguished as if she had been secretly angry and victimized for a very long time and it was just beginning to seep out . |
| 50 | It seemed to stay stuck to the glass , its shape twisted up , for a very long time . |
| 51 | Nothing in the South Ronaldsay community would approach normality for a very long time , and most people from the village and the surrounding community had turned out to discover for themselves what was happening , and then to lend their support to the stricken families . |
| 52 | Is there any reason why I should not send you to prison for a very long time ’ |
| 53 | ‘ It 's going to stay number one for a very long time , ’ says Michael Ellis of the influential American music magazine Billboard . |
| 54 | ‘ If that happens then she could be laid up and out of circulation for a very long time . |
| 55 | Fashion and make-up have been with us for a very long time indeed — there are make-up palettes surviving from ancient Egypt — and although men in certain times and cultures may devote a lot of effort to their appearance , it has remained chiefly a feminine domain . |
| 56 | There was a flicker of response in them which Brian had not seen for a very long time . |
| 57 | If you take these for a very long time you get a beard and a deep voice , but as I only needed a month 's supply I escaped such horrors . |
| 58 | In the spring of 1976 I decided to act on a need I had felt for a very long time . |
| 59 | This will generate capital for further developments and we can almost guarantee market dominance for a very long time . ’ |
| 60 | They have been around for a very long time , as I said , dating right back to Model Book 35 in fact , which appeared in 1982 . |