Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their syllabus should include , on a reading list that would hopefully keep them indoors for a long time , the extensive article published in Mountain dealing with the affair . |
| 2 | I 'm sorry , Ellie ; I let you in for a hard time , did n't I ? ’ |
| 3 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 4 | ‘ I hope they catch this cowardly thug and lock him up for a long time . ’ |
| 5 | He watched her closely for a long time but there was no further flicker of consciousness . |
| 6 | He studied her minutely for a long time until she felt his eyes had bored into her very skull . |
| 7 | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 755 ) Beornred succeeded to the kingdom on the death of Aethelbald but held it only for a short time and unhappily . |
| 8 | Three times in a row he has been champion jockey but his achievement in 1992 , re-wrote the record books and wo n't be equalled by anyone else for a long time to come , if ever . |