Example sentences of "[vb past] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now reference was made to the police finance working party which met for a long period of time , and unfortunately made no progress whatsoever in zero base budgeting . |
| 2 | ‘ Was n't I the best prospect Bermondsey 'ad for a long time before I got me wound ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | She read for a long time , and I had the bonus of knowing my father was waiting impatiently to fuck her again on this night of nights which was really their honeymoon . |
| 4 | ‘ She suffered for a long time and although her father never knew about it , her mother did . ’ |
| 5 | The track continues uphill , soon levelling to pass between the walls of Fell lane , going forward but constricted for a long and uninteresting mile with Ingleborough out of sight and little worthy of note along the way apart from a large rock embedded in the lane and known as Giant 's Grave . |
| 6 | ‘ We drove for a long time . |
| 7 | She closed her eyes again , tossed and turned for a long time , then finally managed to get a couple of hours of disturbed sleep . |
| 8 | Bank current account loan or ordinary loan Cash loan usually for specific purpose ( like buying expensive durables or cars ) for people with bank accounts , usually without security ( unless it 's a large sum or borrowed for a long time ) ; usually fixed , regular payments over two or three ( occasionally up to seven ) years ; interest on what is owed fluctuates in line with but rather higher than bank base rate . |
| 9 | The Hudson Report received a general welcome from interested parties in agricultural education but , like reports on many other areas of further education , nothing happened for a long time . |
| 10 | It is selected from the pages of the BDN , to which he was a frequent contributor and on whose editorial board he served for a long period : A combined system is one which includes all useful methods and techniques and adapts them and uses them according to the particular needs of the child . |
| 11 | Harry 's weight swung him round but did not tear him from his hold , and it was the boy and not the man who hung for a long , palpitating moment suspended on the edge of the drop . |
| 12 | She walked for a long time , while the feeling of the streets changed to night . |
| 13 | Soapy moved on , but he walked for a long time before he tried again . |
| 14 | She walked for a long time , past hundreds of doors . |
| 15 | They kissed for a long time , and indeed there was still longing there , in both of them , a kind of hopeless longing . |
| 16 | They stayed on the hill and talked for a long time . |
| 17 | Folk myths and wisdoms survived for a long time . |
| 18 | Perhaps because of his career as a Naval Officer during the First World War he worked for a long period during the Second World War at the Admiralty . |
| 19 | It is 2 ½ years since he lost in a world title match to Michael Spinks and just as he did after a similar fight , with Larry Holmes , he brooded for a long time , finally overcame problems with drugs , and went into business , part of which was as a fight promoter . |
| 20 | It is 2 ½ years since he lost in a world title match to Michael Spinks and just as he did after a similar fight , with Larry Holmes , he brooded for a long time , finally overcame problems with drugs , and went into business , part of which was as a fight promoter . |
| 21 | It rang for a long time , and he thought he was going to be out of luck , but eventually the receiver was picked up the other end . |
| 22 | Last night , Cockerill called for a long suspension should Wright be found guilty . |
| 23 | She chatted for a long time to a friendly Madame Pompadour , who professed to love Wales and bombarded her with intimate questions . |
| 24 | After returning the van to the hire company , I went for a long walk in Hyde Park . |
| 25 | The next day he went for a long walk , about 20 miles , during which he did a good deal of clear thinking in the mountains . |
| 26 | But we went for a long walk and Ally started talking about his work in a way I had n't heard before . |
| 27 | I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor . |
| 28 | Rosemary had been to Venice and seen the original bridge , and she enthused for a long time on the beauties of that city and how much she would like to go there again after the war was over . |
| 29 | ‘ Rohan felt for a long time — a tug of loyalty between his grandfather , and the de Rochefort family . |
| 30 | Senna struggled for a long time with what he later described as an undriveable car and he collided with Germany 's Michael Schumacher after 40 of the 72 laps . |