Example sentences of "for a long [noun sg] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind . |
| 2 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is erm the orange disk was flashing for a long while before the buzzer |
| 3 | Some people have felt that this borrowing from Dorothy and others shows a certain egotism on Wordsworth 's part , but it was his method as an artist to absorb things into himself , and think of them for a long period before writing them down ; nor is it necessary to maintain , in any case , that the ‘ I ’ of a Wordsworth poem is necessarily the poet himself — it may stand as a universal shorthand symbol with which the reader can equally identify . |
| 4 | For a long period before the 1970s they were Fordist ; in the 1970s/1980s period of structural change neo-Fordism came to dominate . |
| 5 | The Teleuts , however , had been sovereign in their own domains for a long period before the Russians arrived on the scene . |
| 6 | They got us off and the bus disappeared , but there was still a reason why we could not board — they never let on what it was — — and we stood on the tarmac for a long time before being herded to the back entrance . |
| 7 | The upward spiral on which film budgets were set suggests that Rank might have had to go on losing money for a long time before hitting on a way to achieve a steady supply of sellable films . |
| 8 | But it does need to be borne in mind that although this form of sudden death can create such instantaneous reactions there are also people who hide and keep quiet and suffer for a long time before finding the opportunity to talk to someone about their feelings or until another trigger sets them grieving . |
| 9 | She seemed to lie in bed for a long time before falling asleep . |
| 10 | She had looked at Sylvie for a long time before speaking . |
| 11 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 12 | Finney had known Harwood for a long time before finally working with him on the film of The Dresser . |
| 13 | Alexandra had gone for a long walk before replying to this letter . |
| 14 | Love and pride shone from her enormous black eyes as , ever tender , she lifted her grandson and held him against her grubby sweater for a long moment before returning him to his crib . |
| 15 | He took another step backwards and stared at her for a long moment before saying , ‘ This is the last time I 'll ever look on you willingly . ’ |
| 16 | She walked up the stairs , one , two , three — a tense moment on three as the wooden foot hovered over the step for a long moment before descending . |
| 17 | He looked at her thoughtfully for a long moment before nodding . |