Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] for long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had few friends in the locality , preferring to go for long walks in the nearby countryside with the family dog , until , that is , Ronald Travis took up his duties in the signal box . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Frankly there just is n't the money to go around , and kids are being made to suffer for long periods of time er for operations which really could be done if only they had the money . |
| 5 | An annual briefing on cable break procedures and other emergencies would be very valuable for everyone who flies gliders , and particularly those who stop flying for long periods over the winter months and so get badly out of practice . |
| 6 | During interrogation some detainees were made to kneel for long periods , in some cases on bottle tops and pebbles , and received severe beatings on their backs , the soles of their feet and hands . |
| 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 | A biomaterial may also have to function for long periods of time in the body . |
| 9 | Forest began to lose momentum in the second half and found themselves forced to defend for longer periods . |
| 10 | Women who were currently taking the pill or who had stopped taking it in the last 12 months had a significantly lower rate of endometriosis than those who had stopped for longer periods . |
| 11 | These muscles have the function of keeping us upright against the ever-present force of gravity ; they have the advantage of never tiring as they need to work for long periods at a time . |
| 12 | The 1.5kg device has a large enough handle to grip for long periods . |
| 13 | A report issued on Feb. 9 by the New York-based organization Lawyers Committed for Human Rights said that inside Myanma thousands remained detained for long periods under poor conditions , with some prisoners being tortured . |
| 14 | To investigate our rhythms , some individuals have lived for long periods in underground caves , cut off from sunlight . |