Example sentences of "[to-vb] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | They bridge the gap between the desire of lenders to be able to get their money back quickly , and the desire of borrowers to borrow for a long period . |
| 2 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 3 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 4 | ‘ She 's wanted to go for a long time , ’ said Anne , nodding . |
| 5 | She would have liked to go for a long walk past the charming wedding-cake buildings that lined the promenade , but although it was only teatime , it was already too dark to see anything . |
| 6 | She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable . |
| 7 | This core of lava may continue to flow for a long while , but when the supply of fresh lava slows down at source , there will not be enough coming through to fill the whole volume of the core , so an empty space will be left , and this will form a long tube or tunnel running along the centre of the flow , sometimes for many kilometres . |
| 8 | This achieves much more in the long run than attempting to concentrate for a long time until fatigue sets in . |
| 9 | At a buffet you ensure that elderly and infirm guests , and those who have travelled long distances , have seats near the buffet table so that they are not obliged to stand for a long period . |
| 10 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 11 | We seem to have two kinds of ‘ existenceworthiness ’ : the dewdrop kind , which can be summed up as ‘ likely to come into existence but not very durable ’ ; and the rock kind , which can be summed up as ‘ not very likely to come into existence but likely to last for a long time once there ’ . |
| 12 | I 'll see that bugger tomorrow mornin' if I have to get up at five , an , I 'll tell him what I 've meant to do for a long time ; I 'll take the can along to the authorities . |
| 13 | She was much happier person because this this she 'd threatened to do for a long time . |
| 14 | And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Sheisse , ’ he added explosively as if he had at last allowed himself to be convinced of something which he had wanted to believe for a long time . |
| 17 | He has only expressed what a lot of other people have been starting to fear for a long time , that unless the commercial manipulators in tennis are careful , they could cook the golden goose . |
| 18 | Is there anybody else please who 's going to live for a long time ? |
| 19 | She thought afterwards , and was to think for a long time , that it was Sophie and Teodor who saved her . |
| 20 | This will tend to reduce the price that a trader is prepared to pay for a long position , and increase the price required for a short position . |
| 21 | They are likely to stay for a long time with one organisation , and indeed many organisations seek to bind them to them by offering fringe benefits , particularly in the form of " loyalty bonuses " to encourage them to return at the start of each new banqueting season . |
| 22 | The phone seemed to ring for a long time . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've been waiting to move for a long time , and we need the money to build the new house . ’ |