Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] long [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without ACET 's practical support at home they could spend long periods of time in hospital unnecessarily . |
| 2 | You you 'd all it means is you 'd have longer lines of communication to an even worse bureaucracy , and I think if a bureaucracy which can produce this situation of opting out as an alternative is any example to have , I would choose to be away from it . |
| 3 | I would emphasize first , here speaking as one who has in the past given evidence on behalf of the Government , that the value of the scrutiny process is in part that it forces those with more direct power to consider their positions and their arguments carefully and to defend them in the face of public questioning by a Committee whose members may have long experience of the subject-matter involved . |
| 4 | Harrods Library , which had an extensive clientele , used to publish long lists of ex-library books which could be bought at a third of the price when new , or less if rebound for library use . |
| 5 | On other occasions he would relate long tales of his travels or burst into gypsy songs or ancient Danish ballads . |
| 6 | Their behaviour was at times appalling ; when little they would spend long stretches of each class on the floor behind the benches , playing with bits of mercury , pricking it with needles and pen nibs , watching it slip into the coarse splintery cracks of the dusty floorboards , and forcing it out again , marvelling at the way it shrugged the dirt off its rounded shoulders . |
| 7 | They can survive long periods of drought encased in mud , until the next rainy season . |
| 8 | If you have a deep relationship with a person you can spend long periods of silence , being together and not be embarrassed , not be wondering what shall I say now ? |
| 9 | I can see long lines of messenger-pigeons |