Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This achieves much more in the long run than attempting to concentrate for a long time until fatigue sets in . |
| 2 | Is there anybody else please who 's going to live for a long time ? |
| 3 | ‘ We 've been waiting to move for a long time , and we need the money to build the new house . ’ |
| 4 | By the last decade of Henry VIlI 's reign , if not before , England was beginning to recover from a long period of population decline . |
| 5 | Britain is failing to invest for the long term . |
| 6 | He has only expressed what a lot of other people have been starting to fear for a long time , that unless the commercial manipulators in tennis are careful , they could cook the golden goose . |