Example sentences of "[vb infin] for [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 ) .
2 What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents .
3 In times of expansion , developments can be additive , and it is easier for new subjects to become institutionally — as distinct from academically — accepted ( doubts can linger for a long time ) .
4 Memories of the last will linger for a long time to come .
5 Do they survive for a long time ?
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Lions are strong but can not run for a long time .
9 Even if the majority of exercises employed are basically the same , the results will vary according to whether you work hard for short periods or do easier work for a longer stretch .
10 Why ca n't they plan for a longer term for those trees ?
11 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 .
12 any motor vehicle standing on a part of a road specially set aside for the parking of vehicles , or as a stand for hackney carriages , or as a stand for public service vehicles , or as a place at which such vehicles may stop for a longer time than is necessary for the taking up and setting down of passengers where compliance with this regulation would conflict with the provisions of any order , regulations or byelaws governing the use of such part of a road for that purpose ;
13 Can I have for a long time .
14 and er , she said my eyes really sparkled she said first time I 've seen them sparkle for a long while so I was right chuffed about that .
15 Elsewhere , you could try for the Long Range Weather Forecasting Agency ( bring your own piece of seaweed ) or the World Bank in Washington , but the growth industries of tax-free living must be in Europe .
16 But that wo n't happen for a long time , says Richard Outcalt , a retail-sales consultant in Seattle .
17 A speed which , once it had lumbered up to it , it could maintain for a long time .
18 But apart from limited mineral resources and abundant meat , Kyrgyzstan will struggle for a long time .
19 Jean was tough and liked to drink ; she would endure for a long while yet .
20 One enterprising station-master frequently told all passengers that their trains would not leave for a long time .
21 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 .
22 Does n't matter I mean , it 'll go for a long time you know .
23 You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week .
24 She did n't breathe for a long time .
25 This is the best I 've seen them play for a long time Leicester
26 Having chosen your leather corals carefully , and provided them with a good aquarium environment , they should grow steadily and live for a long time ( ten years has been reported ) , and possibly even reproduce .
27 Old man are you gon na live for a long time ?
28 Susie did not reply for a long time .
29 The initial reaction is usually shocked disbelief which can last for a long period , while the person may feel very detached from the world or completely at sea .
30 Many are a temporary condition but there are certain types which are difficult to treat and last for a long time .
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