Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] for long [noun pl] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A biomaterial may also have to function for long periods of time in the body . |
| 6 | Forest began to lose momentum in the second half and found themselves forced to defend for longer periods . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The 1.5kg device has a large enough handle to grip for long periods . |