Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | At sea , the Royal Navy should prepare for a long ‘ broken back ’ period after a nuclear exchange in Europe , during which resupply across the North Atlantic would be vital to the United Kingdom 's survival , whether the exchange had been decisive or not . |
| 2 | If things keep as they 're going now and she gets the services she 's getting I 've no grumbles , she 'll stop for a long while . |
| 3 | Give it a flick it 'll go for a long way because there 's no , there 's very little friction on the ice and erm the second one is the , the awkward one . |
| 4 | Does n't matter I mean , it 'll go for a long time you know . |
| 5 | Your Uncle Walter 'll go on a long time yet , you see . ’ |
| 6 | That might seem like a long time , but the issues have clearly been complex , and have been progressed as quickly as possible not least through vigourous prodding by the D O E , keen to see approval of a long term development strategy for Greater York and more importantly , a statutory definition of the York gre greenbelt . |
| 7 | Well they 'll last for a long time |
| 8 | I know this may sound like a long shot — but someone who 's been listening to 2 Pac 's ‘ 2PacalypseNow ’ super-LP was recently arrested in a stolen car ( with the tape still playing ) for killing a police officer in America . |
| 9 | A speed which , once it had lumbered up to it , it could maintain for a long time . |
| 10 | This could go on a long while , Kate thought . |
| 11 | Sometimes , if he thought one of the girls did n't know what he was doing , he 'd go into a long explanation of why he had n't actually tasted the stuff . |
| 12 | And my poor Clemence was about as helpless a female as you 'd find in a long day 's march . ’ |
| 13 | You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week . |
| 14 | Yet there are also brief moments of recovery , moments of gratified desire and a coming to life : ‘ on this abandoned divan , I shall inhale for a long while still the earthy , vegetal smell which the faun left behind ; then , in the morning , wakened at dawn , I shall fling myself into the delicious air ’ ( p. 104 ) . |
| 15 | He would gaze for a long time and , when Gabriel had finished his tasks , would settle again until the ghost reinforced itself somewhere else a few days later . |
| 16 | The difference was that until 1688 loans had been made directly to the King : he ran the government as an extension of his private household and , although he was the richest individual in the country , he was in many ways just a private borrower like any other and a prudent lender would not trust him with a loan that would run for a long time . |
| 17 | Next we shall look at a long solenoid filled with a high-permeability magnetic material as shown in Fig. 3.9 ( p. 73 ) . |
| 18 | He would n't have time to save himself ; the splash as he entered the stream would be the most satisfying sound she would hear in a long time . |
| 19 | Jean was tough and liked to drink ; she would endure for a long while yet . |
| 20 | Always ready to look on the bright side she expected that the remission would last for a long time , and there was a conspiracy between Maureen and her mother to conceal Julia 's suffering from her . |
| 21 | And then the hour would turn into a long space of empty time , then into a whole evening , once even into an entire night before Gloria came back . |
| 22 | I think that the record will remain for a long , long time . |
| 23 | Memories of the last will linger for a long time to come . |
| 24 | However , if they are both read in close conjunction to each other , readers will experience strong emotions combined with a beautiful story , that they will remember for a long long time . |
| 25 | It is something that many people would not like to see , but there is no question that a high proportion of animals which are shot will carry lead shot for a while , will die after a long period — in many cases days or weeks — and there is a substantial amount of suffering when this happens . |
| 26 | This will lead to a long deba debate . |
| 27 | He went on : ‘ I told the lads they can create something to tell their kids and grandchildren about because if we do beat Reading 's run , the record will stand for a long , long time . |
| 28 | But apart from limited mineral resources and abundant meat , Kyrgyzstan will struggle for a long time . |
| 29 | Occasionally a person will suffer from a long and unpleasant illness like glandular fever , but this is rare . |
| 30 | It seems doubtful that any strong moral reaction can now set in although some backlash is already evident ; a dissident minority and a good many of the elderly will continue for a long time to object to what they see as moral decay . |