Example sentences of "not [prep] very long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for very long though , but erm most of the time I spent away living in Birmingham . |
| 2 | It seems a pity but it 's not for very long . |
| 3 | Erm I think that the exercise on ponds is not of very long standing . |
| 4 | eleven forty six , he 's got them inside , I think I told you about this did n't I ? , and I was inside helping them out like , he was outside , he did n't have his gas mask , we were doing the things , like M B C stuff , and I 'm inside and he said right you will each go to a post , where inside this tent , each to go to er , erm , cos there was six people inside and like there was six posts , he said you each got to a post inside the tent and on the you will pick up the tent , and I new what was coming , done it before sort of thing and erm , were all in M B C stuff cos there 's still lots of gas , but there was n't for very long , and he said right on the you will , er he just said , we picked it up right , were all fucking all fucking I said go on then , |
| 5 | I 've been to Germany and Austria skiing , I 've been to , er we went to Italy but I was , you know , I was quite a bit younger and it was n't for very long . |