Example sentences of "for a long while [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had not realized how close they had been but she grieved for a long while for the grandmother to whom she had felt close and in whom she had found it easy to confide . |
| 2 | ‘ But they say he must n't go home and live on his own , not for a long while at any rate . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ She 's gone to Sam 's party , ’ said Scarlet , hastily , applying the brush to her hair and wondering why it made you feel so odd if you looked at yourself for a long while in the glass . |
| 4 | Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind . |
| 5 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is erm the orange disk was flashing for a long while before the buzzer |