Example sentences of "stay for any length of time " in BNC.

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1 Here , the ocean is the only large store of water and the only place where a water molecule stays for any length of time .
2 You should try to find a copyist … wherever you stay for any length of time .
3 The movements of wintering birds and passage migrants clearly overlap , but the records suggest that comparatively few of the birds recorded from August to October and in April stay for any length of time .
4 Claudia started more coffee , reflecting that if Dana was going to stay for any length of time she would need fresh supplies .
5 If she was going to stay for any length of time , she was going to need some furniture at least , she thought frowningly .
6 It was normal , moreover , as in earlier generations , for a diplomat going to one of the more out-of-the-way capitals , if he expected to stay for any length of time , to equip himself with a mass of essentials which might be difficult or impossible to obtain at his destination .
7 The only caller who stayed for any length of time said nothing at all .
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