Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv prt] for a long " in BNC.

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1 It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline .
2 The list could go on for a long time .
3 This is another list that could go on for a long time .
4 I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell .
5 But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear ,
6 The argument will go on for a long time .
7 It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War .
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