Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [prep] a long period " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they want to go for a longer period , a key worker would go out with them . ’ |
| 2 | The final separation may mean an agony of divided loyalty for the children of the marriage or it may spell relief from intolerable tensions which have developed over a long period . |
| 3 | Your friends usually are the one you have known for a long period of time , for example at work or at university . |
| 4 | Besides , the variations in the pattern and emphasis of such courses seem to have grown up largely pragmatically , as a function of the organizational ‘ discretion ’ that both institutions and academics have in responding to the needs , pressures and priorities they have perceived over a long period of time . |
| 5 | If we find that magnets attached to cats will upset their ability to find their way home , then we are beginning , very dimly , to understand the amazing homing abilities that the animals have evolved over a long period of time . |