Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The argument will go on for a long time . |
| 32 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 33 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 34 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 35 | At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress . |
| 36 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
| 37 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 38 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 39 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 40 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 41 | That went on for a long time . |
| 42 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 43 | The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time . |
| 44 | The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room . |
| 45 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 46 | This went on for a long time . |
| 47 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | ‘ 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 . |
| 50 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time . |
| 53 | His morning swims at the Queen Mother Leisure Centre in Victoria are a vital part of his training which he describes as ‘ a treat for my body after the running ’ and , like many other runners , he will go out for a long run on a Sunday . |
| 54 | Nobody passed by for a long time , and he could just hear the faint music in the distance . |
| 55 | That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load . |
| 56 | If you 're not doing it like that and you 're in a conversation or atmosphere in the room , when I find it , this little gadget is wonderful , this will pick up for a long way , this will pick up the dogs next door , if there was no other noise in this room . |
| 57 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 58 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
| 59 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 60 | ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards . |