Example sentences of "[vb infin] for [art] 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 . |