Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 2 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 3 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 4 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 5 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 8 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 9 | She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest . |
| 11 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 12 | Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks . |
| 13 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |
| 14 | ‘ Hangs about for a long time , that smell . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ These stories have been going round for a long time , and they grow with the telling . ’ |
| 16 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 17 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 18 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 19 | One pauper was locked up for a short time and when let out he was very quiet and all of them have been so since . ’ |
| 20 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Dutch elm disease is a terrible thing , ’ said Mr Molesworth , corning round for a second time . |
| 22 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |
| 23 | Could not something be done to obtain some repair jobs to hold those workers so that they will not have to be laid off for a considerable time ? |
| 24 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |
| 25 | Was this something recent or something you have known about for a long time ? ’ |
| 26 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 27 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 28 | History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War . |
| 29 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 30 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |