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Example sentences of "be a long while " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Oh it would have been a long while after the war yes .
2	It would be a long while before he turned into one of the Elders , hiding away in a living death , nurturing their effete Dreams , too fastidious to get involved with the tumult of humanity .
3	No , but I thought you seemed to be a long while getting the bugger out .
4	You , you had to in those days you had to sort of er use your common sense because if you had a big healthy baby it 's a long while to go right through ten o'clock at night till six o'clock the next morning .
5	No , that 's a long while before my time .
6	That 's a long while is n't it ?
7	That 's a long while ago .
8	It is a long while is n't it ?
9	When the names and numbers were read out it was a long while before we heard the name of Deerhurst .
10	It was a long while before Mary could forgive her husband 's infidelity , and she had never seen or spoken to her sister since then .
11	It was a long while since she had heard Con laugh like that ; lately , he never seemed to find much to laugh at .
12	It was a long while since she had visited her old home , and longer still since she had lived there as a girl .
13	It was a long while before I could even change her nappy , and putting clothes on , you had to disconnect all the wires , put the clothes on and put them all back .
14	( That thirteen months was a long while . )
15	It was a long while before John got to sleep that night .
16	When I did go to sleep , I went I do n't remember but it was a long while .
17	Yeah yeah I went , well eventually but like you say it was long wh it was a long while before I actually did get to sleep but got there eventually I 'm been to solicitor today Annie .
18	I do n't know , he come , he said to me er we we well he come over , you see when I come home from hospital he sa , he had to report to come and see me he was a long while before he did come !