Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But he would pray — both for Emilia 's recovery from affliction , and for the strength he would need throughout the long thawing of the ice about her heart . |
| 3 | Perhaps the United States itself would benefit in the long run from a more flexible policy on sterling and other matters . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Even extremists of the 1960s , who believed that the task of a school was to ensure that children enjoyed themselves while they were pupils , must have had in mind , as well , some further outcome , some advantage that would flow in the long run to the children who had been encouraged , under that regime , to ‘ grow ’ and ‘ blossom ’ and ‘ flourish ’ in the ‘ learning situation ’ provided by the class-room . |
| 6 | So it looks as though the Government has given the council a cautious go-ahead to draw up a scheme if not to beat the Tay , then to lessen the disastrous effects another flood would have on the long suffering Perthshire population . |
| 7 | He would n't have time to save himself ; the splash as he entered the stream would be the most satisfying sound she would hear in a long time . |
| 8 | Jean was tough and liked to drink ; she would endure for a long while yet . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And then the hour would turn into a long space of empty time , then into a whole evening , once even into an entire night before Gloria came back . |
| 11 | While the ANS had been highly successful in pioneering studies of the ultraviolet and X-ray sky , the new satellite would turn to the longer wavelengths of the infrared . |