Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a long [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one important difference : the Prime Minister and his Cabinet can embark boldly upon their way forward , with electoral considerations banished for a long time to come . |
| 2 | Historians will be occupied for a long time to come in determining the exact balance and interaction of forces — including , to mention only the more obvious , the economic disaster of the Second World War , the rise of America , and the development of nationalism — which contributed to Britain 's imperial demise . |
| 3 | Two months after the military crackdown in Beijing in June 1989 , it was announced that university student intake would be cut from 640,000 to 610,000 in the next academic year , and that " specialities mainly in the social science fields which the State has deemed for a long time to have turned out personnel not qualified for socialist construction " would be suspended . |
| 4 | You 've wanted for a long time to conduct Le Sacre in the theatre ? |
| 5 | Hilary 's away for the day — gone on a long hike to tune himself up , as he put it . |
| 6 | Leslie was devastated by the news , having tried for a long time to have a baby . |