For so long people haven't understood what we were about.

We had to wait a lot longer for you people to get here from the west.

"Have you ever noticed that the less interesting something is, the longer people want to talk about it?"

Places like this would always be home, no matter how long people spent away.

For too long people had been unable to think past the war.

By then she was also among the 60 longest living people ever.

Have your little trips but don't stay away so long people worry.

And before long people would start to forget about him.

For too long people in hospital have been fed bad food.

You can also look at alternatives; how long people have been living together, for example.