Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] for a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’
2 In the bite-shaped hollow , a small mound of viscous lava was growing and continued to do so for a long time afterwards .
3 If the child shows a habit of prolonged crying then instead of expecting him or her to sit there for a long period of time , the first break in crying after a few minutes should be taken by the parent as an opportunity to allow the child to get up .
4 I hope to stay here for a long time . ’
5 We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley .
6 erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about .
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