Sentence examples of "longtemps" in French with translation "for long"

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Je ne peux pas rester longtemps. I can't stay for long.
Il faisait si chaud que nous pûmes marcher longtemps. It was so hot that we couldn't walk for long.
Si vous voulez conserver de la viande longtemps, congelez-la. If you want to keep meat for long, freeze it.
Les employés aux doigts collants ne vont pas garder leurs emplois très longtemps. Clerks with sticky fingers won't keep their jobs for long.
Mon ami a eu trois emplois en un an ; il ne s'accroche jamais à quoi que ce soit très longtemps. My friend has had three jobs in a year; he never sticks to anything for long.
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