Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] for a long " in BNC.

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1 In the countryside , life must have continued for a long time as it always had done .
2 He must have worked for a long time in the garage .
3 I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road .
4 I 'd have cried , I 'd have brooded for a long time .
5 She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable .
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