Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 2 | I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time . |
| 3 | She had not , Franca found on opening it , ventured to hang anything inside the long wardrobe which stretched the length of the big bedroom . |
| 4 | This is not going to disappear overnight , it 's going to affect her for a long time , and she 's never going to catch up on the work that she 's missed over the last couple of months by having seven teachers in six weeks . |
| 5 | The message from brokers is apply for shares , but do not look to hold them for the long term . |
| 6 | No one had bothered to wind it for a long time ; the two hands were clasped together as if in prayer , pointing eternally upwards — either to heaven or to twelve o'clock . |
| 7 | English family relationships are said to be less strong than those of Asians , but most English people would be deeply shocked if their grandmother or grandfather , coming to visit them , or their young brother or sister , was held in detention by people with quasi-police powers , accused of lying and then sent back ; or if their husband or wife , coming to join them after a long separation , was further delayed for years and then told that they were not the people they claimed to be and hence had no right to come at all . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've wanted to see you for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Oh no , we 'll pay to keep her for a long time |
| 10 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 11 | Well you just need to ask her for a long of it anyway . |