Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] 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 | Another former Conservative Cabinet minister , David Howell , chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee , praised the Budget as a ‘ balanced and prudent ’ statement which would pay off in the long term . |
| 7 | The party leadership 's case — that the Scottish Secretary would be forced to select councillors to sit on the Committee of the Regions from a list supplied by the four parties , and this was a key concession which would pay off in the long term — was acknowledged by committee members . |
| 8 | For example , some women in a financial position to stop work and start a family are loath to give up their careers for a period , knowing they may lose out in the long term . |
| 9 | The argument will go on for a long time . |
| 10 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Mankind will lose out in the long run if wild varieties of crop plant species are allowed to die out as it will mean that |
| 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 . |