Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 A 12 volt battery is really essential for the mechanical action of the trimmer to work effectively over a long period .
2 The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’
3 It seemed as if her silence at last unnerved her father because he turned to speak to her just before they were to walk together down the long aisle .
4 The watching Masai begin to walk away after a long , contemplative moment .
5 At first glance , the head seemed to consist solely of a long nose protruding from a tangle of hair , thereby resembling the countenance of a maned vole , though considerably larger in size .
6 In the bite-shaped hollow , a small mound of viscous lava was growing and continued to do so for a long time afterwards .
7 Oligonucleotide B contains the ICP4 core sequence and is therefore expected to compete well with the longer ICP4 oligonucleotide .
8 If the child shows a habit of prolonged crying then instead of expecting him or her to sit there for a long period of time , the first break in crying after a few minutes should be taken by the parent as an opportunity to allow the child to get up .
9 I hope to stay here for a long time . ’
10 We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley .
11 erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about .
12 Although Q ' ; is the socially efficient output , society can not force the monopolist to produce here in the long run .
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