Example sentences of "[prep] a long time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People vary in their ability to revert to being outgoing , social creatures after a long time of semi-confinement to the house . |
| 2 | It was like the sun coming out after a long time of darkness . |
| 3 | We had a hell of a long time in the what 's it ? |
| 4 | One hundred years seems like a long time to us , because it is longer than our lifetime . |
| 5 | As an apologist , he seems totally blind to the fact that the New Testament is just such a collection of old books , which require , if we are to understand them aright , patience and a willingness to listen to scholars who have meditated for a long time on the nature of the ( often quite puzzling and contradictory ) material which they contain . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She read it through and then sat for a long time on the white strips of the reclining chair in which she had first seen Signor Fixit . |
| 8 | which again has been used for a long time on animals . |
| 9 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 10 | They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor . |
| 11 | The fact that hippies were so violently apolitical inspired a lot of my polemics for a long time on Oz . |
| 12 | He had driven to Roker in Sunderland and had walked for a long time on the beach , contemplating suicide , but had driven back to his son 's home . |
| 13 | If the situation lasts for a long time with no sign of improvement , you should discuss the future very carefully with the doctor or hospital specialist , rather than trying to cope in a hopeless situation which can not resolve itself . |
| 14 | Peggy had lived for a long time with an aunt while her daddy and mummy were abroad , and she had been spoilt by always getting her own way . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He was in hospital for a long time with the doctors far from optimistic that he would recover . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Some learning resources are cheaper than others , and British primary schools have improvised for a long time with the very simplest materials including the discarded packaging of the consumer society . |
| 19 | They are likely to stay for a long time with one organisation , and indeed many organisations seek to bind them to them by offering fringe benefits , particularly in the form of " loyalty bonuses " to encourage them to return at the start of each new banqueting season . |
| 20 | Oliver was deeply grateful for this offer of shelter and talked for a long time with his new friend . |
| 21 | Nathaniel Sherman stumbled slightly at the entrance of his hut , and his wife heard him cursing and fumbling for a long time with the flap fastenings . |
| 22 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
| 23 | Christopher Gill ( Member for Ludlow and a Midlands businessman ) , as has been mentioned in Chapter 6 , has concerned himself for a long time with what were once seen to be obscure constitutional issues of subsidiarity . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 26 | I 've been looking forward to this visit for a long time for that reason . |
| 27 | Residents have campaigned for a long time for a speed restriction and traffic calming in Skerne Park , which has a high accident rate . |
| 28 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 29 | This served with 28 Squadron under 5 Wing and was later stored for a long time at 15 Air Depot at Snake Valley , adjacent to Swartkop before going to serve with the MEFS at Bloemspruit . |
| 30 | Llanelli and Neath put on a show as good as anything seen for a long time at club level . |