Example sentences of "for a long [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mayor appealed to both sides to spare the city 's Turkish-era centre as terrified residents prepared for a long night in cellar shelters . |
| 2 | Also , the slow course of the disease implied that any drug would have to be given for a long time in order to be effective and so would have to be particularly harmless to patients . |
| 3 | He must have saved up his pocket money for a long time in order to buy one of Uncle Philip 's masks . |
| 4 | It is only extinguished or " barred " because the claim it gives to land has been allowed to remain unpressed for a long time in face of a rival title … the effect of the Act is to eliminate . |
| 5 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 6 | I 've a father in law who was er for a long time in charge of the erm er financial side of the P A Y E side of the er National Dental Estimates Board in Eastbourne in Sussex |
| 7 | He deliberated for a long time in front of the pad , and then suddenly rose and put it away without writing anything . |
| 8 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
| 9 | This view remained dominant for a long time in sociology , but more recently other sociologists have become reluctant to view people as happy robots , acting out predetermined roles . |
| 10 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
| 11 | But the old Jew sat for a long time in silence as the wind and rain in the darkness outside lashed at the windows of Damiani 's old home . |
| 12 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 13 | Clare was told she was in for a long stay in bed , and Mother moved in a divan to sleep next to her . |