Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] for [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 2 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
| 3 | ‘ Hangs about for a long time , that smell . ’ |
| 4 | If the lamp remains on for a longer time it is possible that the incorrect outer ( track ) connection to the rotary potentiometer VR2 has been used . |
| 5 | This is not wanted to there has to be a circuit arrangement which does not respond to a short pulse from the batting l.e.d. but acts only if this l.e.d. remains on for a longer period , that is , when the batsman has correctly intercepted the ball . |