Sentence examples for got for long from inspiring English sources

Derby County, who have only recently pulled clear of the drop zone, gave as good as they got for long periods at Loftus Road last night and might even have stolen an unlikely victory.

Wednesday gave as good as they got for long periods against their lacklustre hosts and were awarded a penalty before half-time when Jacques Maghoma raced through and was taken out by Al Habsi.

"We don't know how bad it's going to get" for long-distance carriers, said Edward Paik, manager of the $430 million Columbia Utilities Fund in Boston, which holds Sprint shares.

And we wanted to know how weird people were willing to get for long-term action.

"We will fight this spill with everything we've got for as long as it takes," he said.

So the old language basically permitted the NSA to keep whatever it got for as long as it wanted.

We've not seen a reaction like the one this up-and-coming Glaswegian gets for a long, long time.

Take what you can get, for as long as you can get it, and move on.

"They hit us and come back and we get rain for long periods of time".

My nose gets blocked for long periods and I often can't smell or taste anything – or breathe easily.

"What we didn't get right for long periods in the game was our basics.