Example sentences of "continue [prep] a long " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Riots in the United States were once described as continuing through a long hot summer . |
| 2 | Those benefits may be continued for a long succession of generations upon deserving objects , let us strenuously support our own undertaking : and may our children , and our children 's children feel an ardour even greater than our own in the cause of humanity ; so that as long as the County of Bedford exists , its Infirmary may be one of the chief objects of care , and one of the principal sources of its honest pride . ’ |
| 3 | In the countryside , life must have continued for a long time as it always had done . |
| 4 | This continued for a long time during which he shuffled his feet uncomfortably , controlling his immediate impulse to shout at her to be quiet . |
| 5 | Despite joining the ILP in 1907 , he continued for a long time to write leaders for Liberal journals . |
| 6 | Global ventricular dilatation , which results from a progressive increase in myocyte length with sarcomere recruitment and resulting hypertrophy of the non-infarcted myocardium , continues for a long time . |
| 7 | Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is reportedly employed directly by Motorola . |
| 8 | Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is thought to be employed directly by Motorola . |
| 9 | It seems doubtful that any strong moral reaction can now set in although some backlash is already evident ; a dissident minority and a good many of the elderly will continue for a long time to object to what they see as moral decay . |
| 10 | No doubt controversy will continue for a long time , and no one will ever convince the superstitious mother . |
| 11 | We are now in a second slump , which will continue for a long time yet , and unemployment is rising . |