Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time . |
| 32 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 33 | At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress . |
| 34 | ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards . |
| 35 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
| 36 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 37 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 38 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 40 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 41 | ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest . |
| 42 | That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load . |
| 43 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 44 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
| 45 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 46 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 47 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 48 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 49 | The argument will go on for a long time . |
| 50 | That went on for a long time . |
| 51 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 52 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
| 53 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 54 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 55 | The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time . |
| 56 | The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room . |
| 57 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 58 | This was t I mean when you think about it er it was good fun and er eventually people realized what was happening and of course they knew what was happening but that went on for a long long time . |
| 59 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 60 | Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad . |