Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] for a long " in BNC.

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1 Middlesbrough deserved their win after leading for a long spell , though manager Lennie Lawrence 's heart must have sank when Tranmere snatched an 86th-minute equaliser .
2 José Napoleón Duarte , 64 , President of El Salvador in 1980-1982 and 1984-1989 , died on Feb. 23 after suffering for a long time from cancer .
3 Ann has n't done a lot of cooking for a long time though , have you really ?
4 For example , if you wish your ‘ commanding ’ child to wait patiently until a more convenient time for her demands to be met , you could reinforce ( reward ) her for waiting for ( say ) ten seconds , subsequently you would reinforce her for waiting for a longer interval of time , gradually increasing the interval each time you ask her to wait .
5 I knew players like the incomparable Joe Davis and I doubt if he did any more training than is entailed in going for a long walk .
6 Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army .
7 The two silent watchers dropped to the ground and stayed there without moving for a long time .
8 Hambro Countrywide 's shares soared 7p to 36p on Hill 's bullish comments , boosting its market value by nearly 25% , as the stock market savoured the first piece of good news about housing for a long time .
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