Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] a 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 ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’
3 It seemed to go on for a long time .
4 To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions .
5 They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too .
6 A 12 volt battery is really essential for the mechanical action of the trimmer to work effectively over a long period .
7 He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel .
8 The increase had been won only after a long struggle .
9 The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’
10 Now , as she crossed into Farringdon Street and saw familiar landmarks , she stopped and put down her bag , gazing about her with the pleasure of someone who has come home after a long absence .
11 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 .
12 For all that , it had the feel of a city wakening up after a long sleep and beginning to shake off decades of despair .
13 Instead , we gradually get the horse used to having its feet picked up , little by little , until it will tolerates having its feet picked up for a longer time without causing any fuss .
14 The Party now needed to come up with a longer term programme of how to pave the way towards socialism in China as a whole , paying particular attention to the different economic situation in the south which could indeed significantly influence their future strategy .
15 In non-ELT materials you can look for situations which are likely to feature highly predictable language : scenes set in restaurants or shops , at parties , the reception desk or the dining table can sometimes be picked out of a longer programme and used in isolation to give an example of particular language functions in operation .
16 Briefly , after diagnostic ERCP , endoscopic sphincterotomy is carried out with a long nose sphincterotome .
17 No water flows from the sprinklers here , and clearly has n't for a long time .
18 That would be a mistake : this is one of the most satisfying and interesting CDs I have come across in a long while .
19 She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing .
20 In the gravityless environment of the hulk any unexploded bolts or similar projectiles could ricochet unpredictably for a long time within a confined space .
21 But this is the room eventually we 're going to use I mean not for a long time yet , as a working medieval kitchen .
22 For the concession of hereditary tenure , though made piecemeal over a long period of time , was universal by the end of the century .
23 This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day .
24 If on the other hand , a stress is applied slowly over a longer period the material flows like a viscous liquid so that the spherical shape is soon lost if left to stand for some time .
25 All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time .
26 He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time .
27 We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time .
28 well either two or four times er turned down on a long handle for pouring things er out of the , I mean like , when I used
29 He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes .
30 At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace .
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