Example sentences of "long while [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a long while of keeping the pendant hidden and unlooked at in his sock drawer , Thomas had to bring himself to hunt for someone to buy it back , for he could n't afford both presents . |
| 2 | We 're all called to understand ourselves , and to do this it 's necessary that we should understand one another , and this is only possible after a long while of living together . |
| 3 | After some long while of freelancing , Cara was now working for the superior bi-monthly magazine Verity . |
| 4 | After a long while of silence he unlocked his arms from her . |
| 5 | The golden pavilion and the peacock feathers flared and were gone in an instant , but the Hill of Heaven took a long while to cave in , and Hell burned with a black , acrid smoke billowing out of its throat . |
| 6 | ‘ But they say he must n't go home and live on his own , not for a long while at any rate . ’ |
| 7 | A man wid wait a long while fur a Glesca Keelie at a ceilidh and no mistake . |
| 8 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 9 | ‘ I think it takes a long while for The Wedding Present to build up trust in someone . |
| 10 | I had not realized how close they had been but she grieved for a long while for the grandmother to whom she had felt close and in whom she had found it easy to confide . |
| 11 | The above may be so , but it took a long while for anything significant to happen to the share price . |
| 12 | And it took a long while for the letters to get there but he knew while he was on the boat that his wife was pregnant and er when he got here , she 'd it 'd been aborted . |
| 13 | I 've waited a long while for this . ’ |
| 14 | oh it 's not my type mm Penny 's having to wait a long while for her birthday is n't she ? , |
| 15 | Er and then he , he went to Singapore , he was there for quite a long while after the war teaching the er the English children . |
| 16 | Oh it would have been a long while after the war yes . |
| 17 | Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind . |
| 18 | No , that 's a long while before my time . |
| 19 | ‘ Undoubtedly , you would have to think a long while before knowing which you prefer . ’ |
| 20 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is erm the orange disk was flashing for a long while before the buzzer |
| 21 | ‘ She 's gone to Sam 's party , ’ said Scarlet , hastily , applying the brush to her hair and wondering why it made you feel so odd if you looked at yourself for a long while in the glass . |
| 22 | After a long while in which she heard nothing but the rasp of charcoal on canvas and the faint distant booming of the sea , he said , ‘ Talk if you want to . |