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 .
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