Composed of
long
① ある一時期におこる、まとまったひとつらなりの動き。ことがら。できごと。② 他の語句を体言にする。③ 予定、必然や軽い命令を表す。
Examples (14 in total)
Have I kept you waiting long?
I haven't seen Bill for a long time.
She gazed at me for a long time.
I'm sure Tom won't wait that long.
I haven't seen her for ages.
He kept me waiting for a long time.
The baby has been crying for a long time.
Tom has been living in Boston for a long time.
I have long wanted that car.
Don't stay in the sun too long.
Not having been to Tokyo for a long time, I often got lost.
It'll take me a long time to finish reading that book.
Those black people have long been deprived of their rights.
Since the bus was late, we had to wait in the rain a long time.