Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] for longer " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had the recession been staved off for longer , support for the Scottish Nationalists — now at 31 p.c. in the polls and only seven points behind Labour — might not have been as strong . |
| 2 | ‘ The higher risk prisoners are locked up for longer . |
| 3 | In Wales the club-v-country argument has gone on for longer even than the locust years — a constant , nagging reminder of the manifold and manifest divisions that have wrought such damage on Welsh rugby . |
| 4 | I would have been quite happy if he had gone on for longer . |
| 5 | But a third group , induced to feel purringly happy , remained blocked up for longer than patients who had no treatment at all . |
| 6 | If you are knocked out for longer than a few seconds , you should report to your doctor as soon as possible after the competition . |
| 7 | If he did that , some of our constituents might receive benefits , and the people involved in crime might get sent down for longer periods . |