Example sentences of "[vb infin] for a long time " in BNC.

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1 What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents .
2 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 ) .
3 Memories of the last will linger for a long time to come .
4 Do they survive for a long time ?
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Lions are strong but can not run for a long time .
8 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 ;
9 Can I have for a long time .
10 But that wo n't happen for a long time , says Richard Outcalt , a retail-sales consultant in Seattle .
11 A speed which , once it had lumbered up to it , it could maintain for a long time .
12 But apart from limited mineral resources and abundant meat , Kyrgyzstan will struggle for a long time .
13 One enterprising station-master frequently told all passengers that their trains would not leave for a long time .
14 Does n't matter I mean , it 'll go for a long time you know .
15 You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week .
16 She did n't breathe for a long time .
17 This is the best I 've seen them play for a long time Leicester
18 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 .
19 Old man are you gon na live for a long time ?
20 Susie did not reply for a long time .
21 Many are a temporary condition but there are certain types which are difficult to treat and last for a long time .
22 Always ready to look on the bright side she expected that the remission would last for a long time , and there was a conspiracy between Maureen and her mother to conceal Julia 's suffering from her .
23 Well they 'll last for a long time
24 But ‘ real ’ memory must last for a longer time than such short-term effects as habituation and sensitization , and must show greater specificity .
25 Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is reportedly employed directly by Motorola .
26 Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is thought to be employed directly by Motorola .
27 It seems doubtful that any strong moral reaction can now set in although some backlash is already evident ; a dissident minority and a good many of the elderly will continue for a long time to object to what they see as moral decay .
28 No doubt controversy will continue for a long time , and no one will ever convince the superstitious mother .
29 We are now in a second slump , which will continue for a long time yet , and unemployment is rising .
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