Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a long " in BNC.

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1 I mean I do that with a , you know when I 'm sort of on about a long delivery talk about
2 It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline .
3 History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War .
4 The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time .
5 This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day .
6 At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress .
7 ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards .
8 It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says .
9 The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games .
10 This sort of exchange went on for a long time .
11 ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’
12 ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police .
13 ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time .
14 ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest .
15 That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load .
16 The list could go on for a long time .
17 This is another list that could go on for a long time .
18 The noise went on for a long time .
19 It seemed to go on for a long time .
20 He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right .
21 To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions .
22 The argument will go on for a long time .
23 That went on for a long time .
24 And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR .
25 Both have gone on for a long time .
26 I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell .
27 There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time .
28 The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time .
29 The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room .
30 The last dance went on for a long time .
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