Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1.5kg device has a large enough handle to grip for long periods . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A biomaterial may also have to function for long periods of time in the body . |
| 4 | There does need to be some organisation and structure , teachers do need time to organise their classrooms before the start of school and no one really wants to engage in long discussions when there are children to be settled and registers to be marked . |
| 5 | Nick said , ‘ I 'll pay your air-fare and you wo n't have to worry about long train journeys . ’ |
| 6 | Women who preferred who preferred traditional methods of sanitary protection either had to stand in long queues in order to buy just one or two towels you could n't even buy a packet , you could just buy one or two or make do with other methods . |