Example sentences of "for long [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would n't fool them for long but it would do for a moment . |
| 2 | It played for a little while , I did n't play it for long but it did play . |
| 3 | Such a situation can not persist for long since firms would go out of business . |
| 4 | Thereafter Ladislav could not keep any post for long before the authorities hounded him out of it . |
| 5 | For long before my camera had been stolen I had noticed the unhealthy reliance people had on photographs , and their ability to take them , to make sense of what they saw . |
| 6 | They tell you to go on with artificial respiration for ever , for long after you 've given up hope . |
| 7 | Both before , and for long after Maman had left them alone with each other , the useful and interesting occupations Aunt Tossie found , or invented , for her , were always in unhappy contrast with both love and its cold aftermath . |
| 8 | Because Hector 's dolphins can not hold their breath for long and dives rarely exceed 2 minutes ( compared with up to 8 minutes for a bottlenose dolphin ) , entanglement in a set-net is usually fatal . |
| 9 | And look for long and , like one of Cézanne 's views of the Mediterranean , the water seems as much a vertical blue screen as a horizontal lake . |
| 10 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 11 | I could not tolerate this for long and at the end of February last year I retired from Hall Automation ; a sad day . |
| 12 | The abandonment of the 1973–1975 project did not dent the enthusiasm of the pro-tunnel lobby for long and agreement was reached with Kent County Council to keep the British terminal site free from further development . |
| 13 | Here and there a regular path of some animal helped them but it rarely ran in one direction for long and they were unwilling to lose contact with the water which they would eventually have to cross . |
| 14 | Now that her sons were off her hands , and Olivia , at twelve , the only one of the children whose education was not completed , Dinah felt able to dismiss the tutor and his wife , with a warmly written reference for long and faithful service . |
| 15 | Once you begin to experiment you could be inspired into creating a whole host of ideas for long and narrow designs . |
| 16 | ‘ Her brother , possibly , but not , I should have thought for long and certainly not at any risk to herself . |
| 17 | We are now seeking experts for long and short term assignments in Francophone West Africa in the following disciplines : |
| 18 | ‘ But not for long and I never came over to the Yamacraw . |
| 19 | Few of her governesses stayed for long and , with the exception of two terms at a French convent near Tours , she had little formal education . |
| 20 | But not many , not for long and not any more . " |
| 21 | Once the senior clerk in the Chancery , Nigel had been given this assignment as a benefice , a reward for long and faithful service to the Crown . |
| 22 | You see , I did n't know her for long and it was a privilege to meet her at all . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , he could n't talk for long and the line was very bad but she 's absolutely sure it was John . |
| 24 | The warrant officer was speechless , but not for long and he thundered at him as he had on me a few minutes before . |
| 25 | The practices did not last for long and soon we were off . |
| 26 | Again , he could not have stayed for long as in 1680 he was back preaching in Mauchline . |
| 27 | Peace did not reign for long as he provoked the ultimate chop for himself by one day taking his scissors to all of the models ' heads and cropping them . |
| 28 | He took his seat in the House in February 1833 , but did not enjoy his position for long as , in the following month , he caught a chill and died in London 28 March 1833 . |
| 29 | This is proved by a letter from one Mr. Wildhagen to Sir William le Fleming and dated the 19 October 1721 : " hellip ; your honr know it is impossible for the men to work att your Fells of Conistone in the winter season for long as their houses are unbuilt , they haveing so far to come and go to thir lodgings … |
| 30 | Modigliani and Miller argue that this situation can not persist for long as it offers arbitrage profits to the individual investor . |