Example sentences of "[prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Jean Dwyer , widely known in publishing as the long standing London syndication manager of News Ltd of Australia , died in Oxford on 9th March , aged 59 , after a long illness . |
| 32 | When he died in Oxford 10 June 1975 after a long illness , he was engaged on a biography of his famous godfather . |
| 33 | Alan Beatt , Weidenfeld 's representative in Scotland and northern England until his early retirement on health grounds , died on 13th December after a long illness . |
| 34 | Then one day I had to go to the Post Office for something — one of them forms I daresay — so I thought I better wrap up , I better take care , you 're very vulnerable after a long illness you know , and I put my old long mack on and one of the kids ' mack hats and Wellingtons and I went out in the rain , feeling , in a depressed sort of way , ‘ Well , if I get ill again , what can I do ? |
| 35 | Peter Skinner , regional general manager , Asia and East Africa , died peacefully on Wednesday October 14th after a long illness which both he and his family had fought against with great courage . |
| 36 | I have the same new-worldliness of someone who emerges to sunlight after a long illness in a darkened room . |
| 37 | The game , which is sure to be a sell-out , has been organised as a memorial to Mervyn Brown , the former Irish League secretary who died last year after a long illness . |
| 38 | The paramount chief or Vunivalu of Fiji , Ratu Sir George Cakobau , died on Nov. 25 , 1989 , at the age of 77 after a long illness . |
| 39 | Ho Dam , 62 , one of North Korea 's most senior statesmen and , since 1983 a member of the politburo of the ruling Korean Workers ' Party and Chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland , died in Pyongyang on May 11 after a long illness . |
| 40 | Sally Mugabe , 59 , the wife of President Robert Mugabe since 1961 , died on Jan. 27 after a long illness . |
| 41 | died on April 22 , 1993 , peacefully at home after a long illness . |
| 42 | editor of Caterer and Hotelkeeper for 36 years , died aged 86 , after a long illness . |
| 43 | But in what seemed like a very short period my mother died after a long illness . |
| 44 | Mary and Noel Redpath from East Belfast lost their son Gary after a long illness one month before Brian 's horrific murder in 1973 . |
| 45 | MICHAEL Wittet , former senior partner for Scotland of Deloitte , Haskins & Sells , chartered accountants , died at his home in Edinburgh on Monday after a long illness . |
| 46 | Then after a long while , during which neither of us could escape from her hatred and savagery , she 'd said tiredly , ‘ OK , Annie , we ca n't do it . |
| 47 | After a long while she belched several times , then said , ‘ Maybe I 'll be more resistant now . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | After a long while muffled sounds came from above . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | After a long while Alan opened the door a crack . |
| 53 | After a long while the human put the paper down and reached over to the desk by its side . |
| 54 | After a long while , watching the attack and listening to the screeching wood , Tallis had had enough . |
| 55 | After a long while , he smiled against her mouth , then drew back just enough so he was looking into her eyes . |
| 56 | After a long while of silence he unlocked his arms from her . |
| 57 | This is noticeable after a long soak in the bath ; the pads of your fingertips will take on a wrinkled appearance . |
| 58 | In order to test these predictions we need to compare the size of the latent inhibition effect found after a long exposure — test interval ( which we may take to be 24 h or more ) with that found after a short interval ( when conditioning follows exposure immediately or after a few minutes ) . |
| 59 | January 's sharp improvement was mainly a result of rising output in the metals sector after a long holiday break the previous month . |
| 60 | After a long approach slog , reaching the crest of a ridge usually means you 're getting somewhere at last . |