Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] for long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever the so-called yield gap ( long minus short rates ) goes negative , and stays so for longer than two business quarters , past experience suggests that the banks get badly bruised . |
| 2 | These findings are also in line with figures produced by the Justices ' Clerks ' Society ( 1992 ) which we cited earlier , suggesting that for a given range of offence types , Crown Courts are very much more likely to resort to custody than magistrates courts , and to do so for longer . |
| 3 | If she sat beside him her head would loll onto his shoulder and stay there for long moments . |
| 4 | He was crazy about New York and went there for long weekends . |
| 5 | These are more effective than shampoos because they are applied directly to the scalp and left on for longer . |
| 6 | He went to France to paint and stayed there for longer than she thought necessary . |