Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv prt] for long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Wales the club-v-country argument has gone on for longer even than the locust years — a constant , nagging reminder of the manifold and manifest divisions that have wrought such damage on Welsh rugby . |
| 2 | We keep we keep going on for longer and longer but it 's taking a lot longer for us to get any closer . |
| 3 | If he did that , some of our constituents might receive benefits , and the people involved in crime might get sent down for longer periods . |
| 4 | In terms of legitimacy with the general public such a strategy could also be effective , since the public can be reassured that the really ‘ serious , offenders about whom they are most concerned will be kept locked up for long periods . |
| 5 | The English girls , as I recall , were still faithfully standing by the camera we had set up for long shots , having been asked to press the button at appropriate moments when we were not in frame . |
| 6 | I would have been quite happy if he had gone on for longer . |
| 7 | avoid sitting down for long periods |
| 8 | Avoid sitting down for long periods without a break . |
| 9 | But a third group , induced to feel purringly happy , remained blocked up for longer than patients who had no treatment at all . |