Example sentences of "could [verb] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 Even here , one could wait a long time .
2 ‘ With most criminal kidnaps you could expect a long wait .
3 As we sat in the garden behind his surf shop and talked I could feel the long grass beneath my feet with a sensual awareness I 'd never experienced before .
4 Yet when one starts to look at the overall picture a little more deeply , will the obvious strengthening of what will be nine single Championship weeks , be anything more than a move which enables the rich to get richer and actually sets into motion what could become a long term contraction , rather than expansion of the sport , especially if the much-needed revival in the world economy takes longer to become bullish than some of the optimists have been forecasting .
5 In the candle-light I could see a long table , in the middle of which was a large yellow shape , with hundreds of insects feeding off it .
6 It was a very clear day and we could see a long way .
7 The house seemed to stand in a field near the top of a hill , and they could see a long way .
8 And erm you could see a long distance with it like that you know , especially if you could see a fox from er about a mile and a half , you could see right going along the rocks in the mountains .
9 He could see the long walkway below him , the small iron gates at each end with steps leading down to both sides of the house .
10 From where he stood , he could see the long procession outside the walls , motionless now , and the wagons unshackled behind it .
11 In the light from the streetlamp Kate could see the long dark lashes against her daughter 's cheek bones .
12 Through the glass I could see the long lines of blue moving away down the street and I could still hear the shouts of the corporal .
13 The countryside we drove through was beautiful , but behind it we could see the long , dark , frightening hills of the moor .
14 With the spring we could begin the long slow climb out of the recession .
15 But they could have a long wait .
16 Charles behaved rather like a landlord who could take a long view of the future and expect his possessions to provide him with an income in the fullness of time .
17 Andrew played back sections so that we could take a long , hard and critical look at our technique .
18 ‘ Just tell it the way it happened and try not to get sidetracked , ’ said Melissa , thinking that this could take a long time .
19 Courtesy of these NME shows , you too could join a long queue for a booth in which Cliff or Dusty or Adam Faith sold kisses for two bob a time .
20 Lukanov presented to the National Assembly on March 29 , 1990 , a package of crisis management measures and first steps towards a market economy , to last until a new government formed after the forthcoming multiparty elections could produce a long term economic strategy .
21 If applied on an institutional scale it could abolish the deficit of cadaveric transplants and could go a long way towards solving the moral problem that continues to exercise me and my colleagues . ’
22 The feminine touch in the car showroom could go a long way towards clinching a deal , the Retail Motor Industry Federation said yesterday .
23 That could go a long way towards avoiding car payments .
24 We will have more success at slowing world population growth if we see it as problem of enabling women in poor countries to have control over their own reproduction , which some carefully targeted development aid could go a long way towards achieving .
25 Two per cent insanity could go a long , long way .
26 This election could go a long way to sorting that out .
27 The specialists had said that if she was careful , she could live a long time .
28 It was the only time I felt slightly frightened and that was mainly because I 'd heard that a posterior labour could last a long time — even 24 hours .
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