Example sentences of "[noun] for [art] long time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 2 | He must have saved up his pocket money for a long time in order to buy one of Uncle Philip 's masks . |
| 3 | The upward spiral on which film budgets were set suggests that Rank might have had to go on losing money for a long time before hitting on a way to achieve a steady supply of sellable films . |
| 4 | She had looked at Sylvie for a long time before speaking . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , this is the first winter for a long time in which Lowa has no distribution in Britain but I dare say someone will fill the gap before long . |
| 6 | But although I played lead for a long time in the group I never cite lead players like Clapton or Beck . |
| 7 | The British banks have attracted criticism for a long time over their failure to provide long-term finance to industry , and to develop lasting relationships with industrial customers . |
| 8 | A referee 's mistake lost them the match against Auckland and they were in with a chance for a long time in the Test — there was only one — before being beaten 11–3 . |
| 9 | Fagin took what Sikes gave him , then stared at the robber for a long time without speaking . |
| 10 | Finney had known Harwood for a long time before finally working with him on the film of The Dresser . |
| 11 | ‘ People always want to see how the Führer looks , whether he is serious or laughing , ’ and had expressed disappointment that they had not even heard his voice for a long time in the newsreels , for , as one report put it , ‘ the words of the Führer are gospel for the people ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ We have talking for a long time about how the company might change structurally , and many of Alan Gordon Walker 's proposals would have left me with a job that I did n't want to do , ’ she said . |
| 13 | She seemed to lie in bed for a long time before falling asleep . |
| 14 | The fact that hippies were so violently apolitical inspired a lot of my polemics for a long time on Oz . |
| 15 | Surgeons , however , have used metallic implants such as clips and automatic sutures for a long time without any such complication reported . |
| 16 | OIL RICH beats filthy rich every time , but after several years of battling to remain buoyant in the remorseless wake of the Maktoums , Robert Sangster clambered back on to terra firma with his most significant win for a long time in Saturday 's Hoover Fillies ' Mile at Ascot . |
| 17 | He was in hospital for a long time with the doctors far from optimistic that he would recover . |
| 18 | Thomas 's mind has been in turmoil for a long time since that rejection . |
| 19 | ‘ There has been practice development activity for a long time within the bureau . |
| 20 | They got us off and the bus disappeared , but there was still a reason why we could not board — they never let on what it was — — and we stood on the tarmac for a long time before being herded to the back entrance . |
| 21 | Piper looked at Luke for a long time as if trying to find a face behind the face . |
| 22 | I 've been looking forward to this visit for a long time for that reason . |