Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 2 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
| 3 | They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey . |
| 4 | Students often hesitate to let a rhythmic design run on for a long period , fearing monotony ; they therefore begin something different every few bars , sometimes in the belief that changing words need a constantly changing accompaniment . |
| 5 | That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load . |
| 6 | In some programs files have to be inverted overnight and this requires the microcomputer to be switched on over a long period of time . |