Example sentences of "[prep] a long while [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | After a long while of silence he unlocked his arms from her . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I had not realized how close they had been but she grieved for a long while for the grandmother to whom she had felt close and in whom she had found it easy to confide . |
| 6 | ‘ But they say he must n't go home and live on his own , not for a long while at any rate . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She 's gone to Sam 's party , ’ said Scarlet , hastily , applying the brush to her hair and wondering why it made you feel so odd if you looked at yourself for a long while in the glass . |
| 8 | Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind . |
| 9 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is erm the orange disk was flashing for a long while before the buzzer |