Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] for [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | Yet there are also brief moments of recovery , moments of gratified desire and a coming to life : ‘ on this abandoned divan , I shall inhale for a long while still the earthy , vegetal smell which the faun left behind ; then , in the morning , wakened at dawn , I shall fling myself into the delicious air ’ ( p. 104 ) . |
2 | We are now in a second slump , which will continue for a long time yet , and unemployment is rising . |
3 | The initial reaction is usually shocked disbelief which can last for a long period , while the person may feel very detached from the world or completely at sea . |
4 | You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week . |
5 | If things keep as they 're going now and she gets the services she 's getting I 've no grumbles , she 'll stop for a long while . |
6 | Elsewhere , you could try for the Long Range Weather Forecasting Agency ( bring your own piece of seaweed ) or the World Bank in Washington , but the growth industries of tax-free living must be in Europe . |
7 | Jean was tough and liked to drink ; she would endure for a long while yet . |
8 | Well they 'll last for a long time |
9 | However , if they are both read in close conjunction to each other , readers will experience strong emotions combined with a beautiful story , that they will remember for a long long time . |
10 | Give it a flick it 'll go for a long way because there 's no , there 's very little friction on the ice and erm the second one is the , the awkward one . |
11 | Does n't matter I mean , it 'll go for a long time you know . |
12 | A speed which , once it had lumbered up to it , it could maintain for a long time . |
13 | He would gaze for a long time and , when Gabriel had finished his tasks , would settle again until the ghost reinforced itself somewhere else a few days later . |