Example sentences of "it would last for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They participated in it blindly , as if it would last for ever . |
| 2 | The marriage of James 's son James IV to Margaret Tudor , from which the Stewart claim to the English throne derived , came about more because of pressure from Henry VII than from any Scottish enthusiasm ; and the Treaty of Perpetual Peace which accompanied it would last for no more than eleven years , collapsing because James could not sustain his obligations to both France and England when Henry VIII joined the pope 's grotesquely named Holy League against France . |
| 3 | Some were very angry , they thought it would last for ever ; yes a bit down in the dumps , especially the younger people , some old people looked forward to it . |
| 4 | Lastly the serrated blade of the sickle required no sharpening : it would last for a whole harvest without attention . |
| 5 | The nuzzling continued as his lips found her own , teasing and provoking her to yearn for more depth in the caress , until suddenly he took possession of her mouth in a forceful kiss that went on and on as though it would last for ever . |
| 6 | It would last for another six months , but by the time it ended , intimate revue was finally dead . |