Example sentences of "a long while [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man wid wait a long while fur a Glesca Keelie at a ceilidh and no mistake . |
| 2 | ‘ I think it takes a long while for The Wedding Present to build up trust in someone . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And it took a long while for the letters to get there but he knew while he was on the boat that his wife was pregnant and er when he got here , she 'd it 'd been aborted . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is erm the orange disk was flashing for a long while before the buzzer |
| 7 | Er and then he , he went to Singapore , he was there for quite a long while after the war teaching the er the English children . |
| 8 | Oh it would have been a long while after the war yes . |