Example sentences of "would [verb] long [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't think I 'd live long enough to see it mature . |
2 | Surely , if there really were a knowable pre-life creator , such would have long since become truly known to humanity , and would not have remained a subject of speculation after many thousands of years . |
3 | Then the conifers would have long since given up their job as nurses to the beeches and ended in a timber yard . |
4 | They , too , reasoned that Death , having gorged itself on their neighbours , would have long since moved on . |
5 | That fine piece of legislation would have long since passed into law and we would have had lots of time to spend on Opposition days , motions of censure and other matters on which we could spend our time much more effectively . |