Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb past] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps because of his career as a Naval Officer during the First World War he worked for a long period during the Second World War at the Admiralty . |
| 2 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
| 3 | The next day he went for a long walk , about 20 miles , during which he did a good deal of clear thinking in the mountains . |
| 4 | Harry 's weight swung him round but did not tear him from his hold , and it was the boy and not the man who hung for a long , palpitating moment suspended on the edge of the drop . |
| 5 | Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her . |
| 6 | It is selected from the pages of the BDN , to which he was a frequent contributor and on whose editorial board he served for a long period : A combined system is one which includes all useful methods and techniques and adapts them and uses them according to the particular needs of the child . |
| 7 | So in the case of a ruler who reigned for a long time , coins enable us to date the changes during the reign . |
| 8 | Even as he asked the question , Seb realised that it no longer hurt in the way it had for a long time . |
| 9 | Now reference was made to the police finance working party which met for a long period of time , and unfortunately made no progress whatsoever in zero base budgeting . |