Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also our intention — this differs from what has been the case for a long time — that they will be fully manned units . |
| 2 | Then suddenly he sees Piquet go into a spin and does n't get back into the field for a long time . |
| 3 | He had been standing in the kitchen for a long time . |
| 4 | They played rummy with Patsy in the kitchen for a long time because Mother and Father went across the road to Dr and Mrs Johnson 's house . |
| 5 | The snag is , scientists do not yet know whether patients taking the drug for a long time are better off with a little testosterone , or none . |
| 6 | ‘ I really have n't had a chance to press my claims and I sincerely believe I am pushing uphill to get back into the side for a long time . ’ |
| 7 | Captain Allan Border said : ‘ Obviously I feel a bit sorry for Jonesy because he 's been in the side for a long time . |
| 8 | He was like an old car that had been around in the neighbourhood for a long time , loaned out among your friends , used and passed on , so that when it got to you in your time , you knew what you were getting . |
| 9 | There was terror in the neighbourhood for a long time afterwards . |
| 10 | I gaze at the entry for a long time , tom between a longing to hear his voice again and the terror of becoming in thrall to even his disembodied form . |
| 11 | and manager Smith plans to be at the Manor for a long time too … he 's brushed away speculation about going to Stoke … he 's happy at Oxford … well he will be when they start winning |
| 12 | ‘ We 've acted for the club for a long time and have always had a good relationship with them . |
| 13 | When she left him , he stood at the window for a long time , looking out over the newly-awakened countryside . |
| 14 | She crouched forward in the chair , her muscles stiff , as if she had been sitting in the cold for a long time . |
| 15 | Yes , the cases quoted are clear ones , in which carers have been in the home for a long time , but obviously we would wish to avoid a position in which the carer was in the home for a short time in the expectation that he or she would then be allowed to stay there . |
| 16 | He closed the door behind him , and Shelley stood in the hall for a long time , one hand up to her untidy hair where Miguel had ruffled it . |
| 17 | His hair was grey , and his face lined and brown as if he had been in the sun for a long time . |
| 18 | and , cos I said to the dealers for a long time you know do n't put them under stairs , do n't put them in store rooms , they get locked , locked up with vacuum cleaners and you ca n't get to the gear when you go to them , do n't put them high up on the wall we ca n't reach them and they just laugh , but er , I think the last laugh 's on us now cos er if I see one high up on the wall , I say well that , I say we 're not accepting that , you have to move it |
| 19 | These warnings assumed even greater importance because Opren stayed around in the body for a long time . |
| 20 | Therefore , a thin section remaining in the beam for a long time may show a decrease in luminescence intensity as ionic-bombardment and thermal diffusion take place . |
| 21 | Dorian looked at the picture for a long time . |
| 22 | But as we said earlier that some of us who have been in the truth for a long time we were like that years ago , but somewhere along the line we 've become drowsy and a little sort of halfhearted and maybe dozing a little bit as we go down that sort of motorway er of spirituality and that , that the longer you go it can become more difficult because other things come along do n't they ? |
| 23 | That churn 's stood out in the rain for a long time . |
| 24 | I was clearly going to be on the phone for a long time . |
| 25 | The body was badly decomposed and had been in the water for a long time . |
| 26 | ‘ You know , I have n't had a look at the things for a long time , ’ Müller remarked . |
| 27 | He had remained in the tree for a long time , cramped and a little nervous , yet totally fascinated . |
| 28 | She sat in the hedge for a long time . |
| 29 | To be the best in the world and to be at the top for a long time . |
| 30 | Alameda has worked with the navy for a long time , and 8,000 jobs would go if it closed ; Everett expects 6,000 sailors and their families to arrive when it is finished , and has built most of the infrastructure . |