Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt that the forces that had brought him to this narrow corner of a Neapolitan street — the wish , on the one hand , to track down Elsie and now the fear , on the other , that this search would lead him to harm — these forces might hold him there , his foot on the edge of the pavement overhanging the choked and filthy gutter , in a kind of uneasy equilibrium and he might stay there for a long , long time . |
| 2 | In the gravityless environment of the hulk any unexploded bolts or similar projectiles could ricochet unpredictably for a long time within a confined space . |
| 3 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 4 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 5 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
| 6 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 7 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 8 | ‘ That woman friend of the boss who clings to his arm in the moonlight — do you think she will stay here for a long time ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think that will happen again for a long time , ’ said Davis , who comes to Goffs for this year 's event with confidence boosted by triumphs in the British and European Opens . |
| 10 | The argument will go on for a long time . |
| 11 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War . |