Example sentences of "[verb] a long while " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man wid wait a long while fur a Glesca Keelie at a ceilidh and no mistake . |
| 2 | No , this was done a long while ago , |
| 3 | oh it 's not my type mm Penny 's having to wait a long while for her birthday is n't she ? , |
| 4 | Well I know a long while ago |
| 5 | ‘ I think it takes a long while for The Wedding Present to build up trust in someone . |
| 6 | but you know , it takes a long while to get over it |
| 7 | Takes a long while before they forget about that , does n't it ? |
| 8 | No but that takes a long while to get round . |
| 9 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 10 | oh I do n't know , I do n't know , I think it will be a while getting rid of it yes , but I think he might get his price eventually , but it will take a long while to get it , it 's up to him if he wants a quick sale , you know , thirty five yeah I , thirty five thousand I think , as I say taking everything into consideration , I mean , failing three okay I know I did the thirty three so take thirty five , thirty three and a half , oh he ai n't got much to worry about |
| 11 | It does take a long while does n't it ? |
| 12 | do they usually take a long while |
| 13 | Liz died a long while ago . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He could stay in hiding a long while before we flushed him out . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm , I 'm getting there it 's just taking a long while . |
| 16 | The above may be so , but it took a long while for anything significant to happen to the share price . |
| 17 | If people told me that was all well and good but if they did n't , but I did hear about this erm er she did the operation on the girl who er who could n't get rid of her baby , and then it , she lo she sent she sent a telegram to her husband or a letter er it took a long while to come from the Far East , he was in the Far East . |
| 18 | And it took a long while for the letters to get there but he knew while he was on the boat that his wife was pregnant and er when he got here , she 'd it 'd been aborted . |
| 19 | The golden pavilion and the peacock feathers flared and were gone in an instant , but the Hill of Heaven took a long while to cave in , and Hell burned with a black , acrid smoke billowing out of its throat . |
| 20 | And sewed on the sewing machine and then painted them all with raw linseed oil but raw linseed oil took a long while to dry but they soft . |
| 21 | ‘ Undoubtedly , you would have to think a long while before knowing which you prefer . ’ |
| 22 | It had taken a long while , Harry thought as he glanced fondly at Cora-Beth , before he had got over Madeleine 's rejection of him and the shock of her marriage to Dunbar . |
| 23 | So it must have taken a long while ? |
| 24 | I suppose it will come right in the end its taken a long while because look at that lump there |
| 25 | He waited a long while , looking out all the time for Caspar . |
| 26 | I 've waited a long while for this . ’ |