Example sentences of "a long time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stood talking a long time at the crossroads before separating but he did n't offer to see her over the weekend . |
| 2 | It 'll take a long time at his age but it 'll mend . |
| 3 | We waited a long time at Enniskillen , an RAF helicopter buzzing above the castle . |
| 4 | Fergus laughed rather a long time at this , and said tersely , ‘ I should . ’ |
| 5 | He raised his eyes from the pattern and stared a long time at my friend and I — the only two white people on the journey . |
| 6 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Llanelli and Neath put on a show as good as anything seen for a long time at club level . |
| 9 | On reaching the top of the hill , Tess paused and looked for a long time at the familiar green world of home . |
| 10 | It 's a long time at the sink . ’ |
| 11 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 12 | That 's a long time at one club . |
| 13 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 14 | I spend a long time with the Emergency Bed Service on the neighbour 's phone . |
| 15 | People lived a long time with fluid … asthma … emphysema … years . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He was in hospital for a long time with the doctors far from optimistic that he would recover . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ For one who intends to stay a long time with us , Englishman , you know little of us . |
| 22 | And he may have to live a long time with the third . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Oliver was deeply grateful for this offer of shelter and talked for a long time with his new friend . |
| 26 | ‘ People have to spend a long time with robot animals first . |
| 27 | Arthur flew to London and stayed in the police morgue a long time with the body that he knew as closely as his own , thinking of Fred 's splendid good nature , his tough-mindedness , and his humour about the absurd and even the terrible . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Worse , he told her that naturally he never used the lifts because if one were faulty he could be stuck a long time with no one to free him . |