Example sentences of "tend [to-vb] a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners …
2 Instead , girls who marry or begin sexual congress before or around puberty tend to experience a longer interval between marriage or conjugal union and first birth than do their counterparts who marry later .
3 Citing cases , though usually a necessary part of the moot , tends to take a long time and to be boring for the audience .
4 They 're , and they 're very good and they , they tend to stay a long time .
5 Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender .
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