Sentence examples for resist for long from inspiring English sources

- Mehabad Salih, 35, Kurdish exile, London "Despite the surprise of the sudden collapse, no one realistically thought that the Iraqi forces would resist for long.

Pedro and Branislav Ivanovic should have added to the lead, though no team this slack at the back can hope to resist for long.

I was offered the chance to do the Flute three times, and always said no, then the Komische Oper said we need a new production and I said, 'I'm not doing it – it's a graveyard for directors.'" But the Flute is a siren song that no opera company chief can resist for long, so Kosky had no choice but to relent.

She didn't resist for long, though.

And the tides of America's volatile economy meant that no matter how high the sand dunes were built around the redoubts of "old money," they could never resist for long the onrush of new money.

But he says the forces that toppled Mubarak, and propelled him to fame, cannot be resisted for long.

I hope they resist for a long, long time.

A person can only resist for so long.

Caught in the headlights of their bright-eyed passion, I could only resist for so long.

You can resist for that long, right?

How often have I seen that people resist for ever so long and say: 'No, no, we can manage, we don't need help.' Until it all escalates".