Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a long " in BNC.
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| 31 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 32 | Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad . |
| 33 | Students often hesitate to let a rhythmic design run on for a long period , fearing monotony ; they therefore begin something different every few bars , sometimes in the belief that changing words need a constantly changing accompaniment . |
| 34 | This went on for a long time . |
| 35 | They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey . |
| 36 | Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks . |
| 37 | I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration . |
| 38 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 39 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 40 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 41 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |
| 42 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 43 | She had to leave the floor , they had to walk , that 's right , they had to walk on the concrete floor without tiles on for a long time |
| 44 | AN EERIE silence will descend on the steel town of Motherwell next weekend when the big Ravenscraig strip mill winds down for a long and unwelcome seasonal break . |
| 45 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 46 | Susan went to bed early , and Breeze and Gay made themselves toast and welsh rarebit , and settled down for a long evening by the fire . |
| 47 | Everyone quietly settled down for a long wait . |
| 48 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 49 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
| 50 | By this time , Lou and Charlie had moved too — the business had been running down for a long period and there was no point in staying in a flat over a shop that did n't exist any more . |
| 51 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |
| 52 | If the property has been lived in for a long time with old carpets that have never been shampooed they can exude quite pungent odours . |
| 53 | We were in for a long , rough passage , battling into the wind for seven hours or more . |
| 54 | ‘ I 've heard so much about you , ’ she said to me , as though settling herself in for a long cosy chat . |
| 55 | Clare was told she was in for a long stay in bed , and Mother moved in a divan to sleep next to her . |
| 56 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 57 | I sighed and lingered over coffee because I know I 'd be in for a long session while I listened to June 's catalogue of woes . |
| 58 | ‘ I get the feeling we 're in for a long night ’ , she said . |
| 59 | We could be in for a long night . ’ |
| 60 | I know I 'm in for a long night . |