Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] for [art] [adj] time " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | Should we not be suspicious of postmodern critiques of the ‘ subject ’ when they surface at a historical moment when many subjugated people feel themselves coming to voice for the first time … . |
| 6 | He fought back the word ‘ sorry ’ , which was threatening to erupt for the third time . |