Example sentences of "for a long [noun sg] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can not get around so nimbly in scrub vegetation as the Norfolk lurcher ; they are really for coursing , for a long chase after hares , and my animals are not used for that . |
| 2 | Under the latter system arable land was put under grass for a long period after which it was returned to arable . |
| 3 | For a long time after his arrival there , armed groups of various kinds continued to be chased through the nearby woods by Red Army units . |
| 4 | Miss Picon and her husband were so profoundly affected by their experiences that for a long time after their return to New York they were unable to work . |
| 5 | For a long time after independence , English was the language of the educated élite , just as it had largely been that of the colonial administration . |
| 6 | For a long time after its publication in 1903 G.Moore 's Principia Ethica was the most influential work of moral philosophy in English . |
| 7 | " It is a woman you will be then , Sara Hussey , " she whispered to herself , and lay awake for a long time after , watching a narrow strip of moonlight creep slowly across the wall . |
| 8 | Then he had gone , and the Curator had stared for a long time after him , and then at the golden eagle who stared blankly back at him . |
| 9 | I was very unhappy for a long time after that . |
| 10 | Er what sort of relationship did you have with with the men , did you er particularly thinking that you you were still for a long time after that , the the branch secretary of the union as well you know . |