Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it will need to deal with long stretches of language , rather than handfuls of utterances . |
| 2 | If the fundamentalist factions drop their differences to form a coalition , they could sweep the board : a prospect dreaded by many Algerians who do not want to emerge from long years of joyless socialism only to face even more joyless Islamic militancy . |
| 3 | The Easy-Carve is in fact not as noisy as one might imagine , but it is not necessarily a tool I 'd want to use for long stretches . |
| 4 | Nick said , ‘ I 'll pay your air-fare and you wo n't have to worry about long train journeys . ’ |
| 5 | A biomaterial may also have to function for long periods of time in the body . |