Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a long period " in BNC.
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1 | " I love foliage and I think you have to rely a lot on that in small gardens because you do n't have room to leave dormant areas where nothing is happening for a long period , " she says . |
2 | Other reasons for returning after a long period away include : |
3 | Some were more active than any predecessor against some particular organism , and some had special merits in use , such as working when given by mouth , or acting for a longer period than usual . |
4 | Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army . |
5 | One fishing vessel that we had been watching for a long period had more than one narrow escape from detection by British controls , but was finally turned back by Dutch customs patrols shortly after leaving a Continental port with a cargo of immigrants on board bound for the UK . |