Example sentences of "[verb] for [adv] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interview need not be long but Sheila will have discovered that there are people who will listen and she is now more likely to take up any referral she is given for more long term counselling . |
| 2 | Teachers often report that they completely switch off at the beginning of the holidays , or sleep for abnormally long periods of time for several days . |
| 3 | Interestingly , in those subjects living for fairly long periods in isolation , in whom the pattern of sleep and activity becomes irregular ( see Chapter 2 ) , meals too become erratic in their numbers and composition . |
| 4 | Ever since she had left school Paula had worked in one of the big department stores in Bristol and she loved it , although the lengthy journey made for very long days and the bus fares ate holes in her meagre salary . |
| 5 | This will be quite different to their usual routine , of course , when they may sleep for quite long periods . |
| 6 | I have noticed that this frustrating experience usually occurs in promising conditions when you expect to catch fish , and when these bites begin they last for unusually long periods and happen very frequently . |
| 7 | Mood in such circumstances , however , generally refers to a state such as depression typically continuing for relatively long periods of time , often hours or days . |
| 8 | I can walk for quite long distances now . ’ |
| 9 | It can last for so long people |