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 .
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