Example sentences of "[prep] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nails went upstairs and after a long time came down with a pair of paint-spattered dungarees and two pairs of jeans belonging to his father who weighed about sixteen stone , two jerseys of Gary 's and a navy-blue suit of indeterminate ancestry . |
| 2 | People vary in their ability to revert to being outgoing , social creatures after a long time of semi-confinement to the house . |
| 3 | For Alton , Mike Lake found some improved form after a long time out with injury , to come 899th in 50 mins , 05 secs . |
| 4 | After a long time … |
| 5 | After a long time she looked at her bedside clock and saw that it was past midnight . |
| 6 | Eventually , after a long time spent contemplating the inevitable , we had to get up . |
| 7 | The other day , after a long time , I walked through Dedinje , an exclusive suburb of Belgrade , and felt I had entered a completely unknown part of the city . |
| 8 | Then after a long time I got up with the help of a friend . |
| 9 | The Pilkington float process , metal skis , xerography , are success stories , but only after a long time period , much effort and many technical difficulties . |
| 10 | After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair . |
| 11 | After a long time I said , " Do you want me to leave you alone ? " |
| 12 | But after a long time , they said OK . |
| 13 | After a long time the boy crossed the road and said to Oliver , |
| 14 | After a long time the computer said slowly , ‘ Computer is old . ’ |
| 15 | Finally , after a long time , the bar is pushed so far inland that the marsh is completely eroded and the remains of the bar with associated sand dunes appear on the original coastline ( Fig. 8.18E ) . |
| 16 | After a long time the man came in and said , ‘ Mr Evans , please . ’ |
| 17 | After a long time , I said to myself , ‘ I must have a name ! ’ |
| 18 | After a long time , they arrived at the office of Conway Construction . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought I 'd lost you , ’ said Lucenzo almost fondly , when they found one another again after a long time . |
| 20 | It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness . |
| 21 | After a long time the tears stopped . |
| 22 | He felt as if he had only just remembered , after a long time , why he valued her . |
| 23 | After a long time , the music started to play again and Cousin Jane and Mike walked back down the aisle and out of the church and everyone followed them into the sunny afternoon . |
| 24 | After a long time Cinzia looked up . |
| 25 | Then indeed , after a long time , Childebert considered what ought to be added , and he instituted from 78 to 83 , which he is known to have imposed worthily , and so he transmitted these writings to his brother Chlothar . |
| 26 | that may mean that we meet a demoralized norwich team away on saturday — or — that they got boosted by their fine performance — ekoku was back after a long time injury for norwich . |
| 27 | ‘ It was awful , Guy , ’ she whispered , after a long time when neither of them moved or spoke . |
| 28 | After a long time , a familiar voice woke them from their lazy reverie . |
| 29 | After a long time , her fighting spirit gradually revived and she began to think constructively . |
| 30 | He was married before-for a long time — to a woman who had an incurable disease . |