Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depending on the nature of the defect , electrons may remain trapped for long periods of time ; such a trap would be referred to as ‘ deep ’ . |
| 2 | ( Not many calls exceed twenty seconds , but if for any reason you should need to transmit for longer , you can override the cut-out by simply releasing the PTT for an instant , then pressing it again ) |
| 3 | Then I had to be honest , and say that I could not guarantee to work for longer than four months . |
| 4 | And it will need to deal with long stretches of language , rather than handfuls of utterances . |
| 5 | Some studies have used marks on shells that would disappear if shells decrease in size ; it is known that molluscs can remain living for long periods without detectable growth ; and some studies have recorded negative growth but dismissed it as apparent error . |
| 6 | If the fundamentalist factions drop their differences to form a coalition , they could sweep the board : a prospect dreaded by many Algerians who do not want to emerge from long years of joyless socialism only to face even more joyless Islamic militancy . |
| 7 | The Easy-Carve is in fact not as noisy as one might imagine , but it is not necessarily a tool I 'd want to use for long stretches . |
| 8 | Nick said , ‘ I 'll pay your air-fare and you wo n't have to worry about long train journeys . ’ |
| 9 | A biomaterial may also have to function for long periods of time in the body . |
| 10 | We could have stayed for longer . |
| 11 | In evaluations of the length of time spent on supervised clinical allocation before employment , the vast majority of course tutors said that course members felt that time allowed was inadequate , and would happily have continued for longer . |
| 12 | The model for southeast England has been refined and developed and one reason for its modification has been the time allocated to mid-Tertiary earth movements as it was appreciated that these ‘ outer ripples of the Alpine storm ’ may have continued for longer than was at first envisaged . |