Example sentences of "[verb] for a long [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Was n't I the best prospect Bermondsey 'ad for a long time before I got me wound ? ’ he asked . |
2 | This achieves much more in the long run than attempting to concentrate for a long time until fatigue sets in . |
3 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
4 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
5 | Soapy moved on , but he walked for a long time before he tried again . |
6 | Their gaze locked for a long moment as he pulled the towel from his neck and flung it over a rail , then , suddenly embarrassed , she looked away . |
7 | Give it a flick it 'll go for a long way because there 's no , there 's very little friction on the ice and erm the second one is the , the awkward one . |
8 | Tony Dobson put Portsmouth ahead early on and it looked for a long time as though that was going to be the only goal of the game . |
9 | It seemed to Tallis that she had smouldered for a long time before finally the fire had taken hold . |
10 | In the countryside , life must have continued for a long time as it always had done . |
11 | I hesitated for a long time before I began my experiment . |
12 | But I discard that idea , for the water is too shallow over the sand and once a fish is hooked the fishing would be finished for a long time while the rest of the shoal got over the scare . |
13 | We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were . |
14 | It has to be cooked for a long time because of its size , but it will still be pink in the middle and have a succulence to it . |
15 | He was screaming for a long time before he fell , and we could hear that he was running as he screamed . |
16 | DON KING last night put a black cloud over the hopes of Lennox Lewis and other heavyweights hoping for a long reign as world champion , by claiming that Mike Tyson will be out of jail early next year . |
17 | This very high degree of risk has been maintained for a long time as many studies over the past thirty years have shown . |