Example sentences of "may [verb] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually parents are permitted to stop using the alarm if the child has had fourteen to twenty-one dry nights , but need to be warned that the child may relapse for a short time . |
| 2 | You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week . |
| 3 | Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is reportedly employed directly by Motorola . |
| 4 | Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is thought to be employed directly by Motorola . |
| 5 | Although it may cry for a short time , it should settle down and sleep before long . |