Example sentences of "for a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stretching to ease tired muscles , she debated whether to go for a swim in the pool or opt for a long soak in a warm scented bath . |
| 2 | For a long minute nothing happened . |
| 3 | Aunt Margaret tucked up Victoria and hung over the cot for a long minute as though she would have liked to sing her a lullaby . |
| 4 | Marcus stared into his beer broodingly for a long minute . |
| 5 | For a long minute she said nothing . |
| 6 | Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute . |
| 7 | He held her in his arms for a long minute . |
| 8 | For a long minute they seemed as one , then , abruptly , the spell was broken . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , dear , ’ Sophie said inadequately , then sat silently for a long minute . |
| 10 | Helen 's face had gone pale and she sat in silence for a long minute . |
| 11 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
| 12 | ‘ We are in for a long afternoon , ’ he said cheerfully . |
| 13 | St Peter walked along silently for a long distance . |
| 14 | It is For Catching Wild Colts and Vicious Horses on Aney Feild or Common ( For a long distance ) |
| 15 | They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey . |
| 16 | First , wind velocity is measured at a given observation point and refers solely to that point , for all that it may be convenient to show it on a chart as an arrow apparently extending for a long distance . |
| 17 | There was a project to get artists to work on panels for a long wall , concrete posts and lintels with a brick infill , that might be seen as a possible module for paintings or some other art form . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration . |
| 20 | His morning swims at the Queen Mother Leisure Centre in Victoria are a vital part of his training which he describes as ‘ a treat for my body after the running ’ and , like many other runners , he will go out for a long run on a Sunday . |
| 21 | IN THE longueurs of the Sizewell B inquiry , now retained by public demand at The Maltings in Snape for a long run , there must be some lighter moments or the people concerned would have run screaming into the sea at Aldeburgh by now . |
| 22 | James , a £1.3million signing from Watford , looked set for a long run but his mistakes have persuaded Souness to take him out of the spotlight . |
| 23 | Ken and Maggie were in for a long run . |
| 24 | No I 'm not , erm if I , if I take her for a long run . |
| 25 | ‘ It ca n't take too long to prepare Wavebreaker for a long voyage , can it ? ’ |
| 26 | 3 Does the picture tell the story without the need for a long caption ? |
| 27 | I sighed and lingered over coffee because I know I 'd be in for a long session while I listened to June 's catalogue of woes . |
| 28 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 29 | We signed another form , paid another , smaller deposit , and checked right into a motel in Santa Barbara for a long rest . |
| 30 | A rest , a quick conflab and we decide to do another twenty miles and reach our tent before we stop for a long rest . |