Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] a long time " 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 | me proper meeting for a long time . |
| 3 | For Alton , Mike Lake found some improved form after a long time out with injury , to come 899th in 50 mins , 05 secs . |
| 4 | I sat staring at the empty screen for a long time , oblivious of everything around me , including Frejji 's cursing as she struggled with interfield links . |
| 5 | Saying that the council had been pressing the Scottish Office for a long time to commit itself to a new bridge , the administration leader , John MacDougall , said while welcoming their decision , it was vital that the views of users would be taken into account . |
| 6 | There is thus a tendency to build up a strong personal relationship over a long time , and slick high-pressure selling techniques are unlikely to be of much help . |
| 7 | Sir David Brewster 's victorian biography , first published in 1855 , remained the standard account for a long time . |
| 8 | Erm right the open show fifty nine ninety five for the hire of the hall , much the same as last year , it 's keeping pretty well down er , it 's , we paid fifty three eighty last year , but I think because little bit for a longer time this year . |
| 9 | He waited on the cold landing for a long time , nursing his throbbing hand , anticipating the moment when he must face his parents and the serious punishment that was surely due to him . |
| 10 | Dear Guitarist I have been meaning to write to your fine mag for a long time , but whenever I was about to put pen to paper someone else got there before me with the same topic . |
| 11 | When I look at a natural object for a long time , like looking into the burning embers and the flames of a fire , there appears a new vision or facet of that object or a new way of seeing it in relationship to some other world of thought . |
| 12 | Well she went on sick leave for a long time |
| 13 | ‘ The responsibility system with the household contract linking output to payment as the main form is in keeping with the present level of the productive forces in China 's rural areas and must be maintained as a basic system for a long time to come … |
| 14 | They must know it 's been going on at domestic and international level for a long time . |
| 15 | Been my major struggle for a long time now . |
| 16 | However the slow pace of implementation and the problems experienced by local authorities in planning , managing and funding community care means that in practice many family carers will see little change or increased help for a long time . |
| 17 | Very generous , I have n't had such a good offer for a long time . |
| 18 | the athlete has been an important person and model of success for Black youth for a long time . |
| 19 | He had been wanting reassurance for a long time and he had n't been getting any . |
| 20 | The thing is , you have n't had a brilliant neither of you two have had a brilliant reputation for a long time , right ? |
| 21 | ‘ If we maintain our progress it will be the club 's most memorable season for a long time . |
| 22 | The resuscitation of Ali 's image has been a sporadic exercise for a long time now , some of it coming from friends who have experienced heartfelt pain over his illness . |
| 23 | We sat in heavy silence for a long time . |
| 24 | ‘ This has been a live issue for a long time , but it has been brought into sharp relief by the lack of clear guidance on assessment from the DoH , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Few Marxists today believe this ( and certainly Marx himself never believed anything so crude ) , but the misconception is understandable since this simplified version of Marx 's message was communist orthodoxy for a long time . |
| 26 | She lay in a hot bath for a long time , thinking of nothing , letting her mind float free of the here and now . |
| 27 | Although the role of Western doctors in the introduction of Western medicine to China has been known about in a general sense for a long time , no studies exist which assess the contributions of British doctors in the last two centuries , yet evidence suggests that these were by no means insubstantial . |
| 28 | Now , now it would 've been easier for you , the , the part that you missed out which would have brought all that in to play would have been how much do you want to pay , do you wan na pay a , a small amount over a long time or a big amount over a short time and then that would 've brought that into play . |
| 29 | He does n't now , whether they 've been a super star for a long time or if he 's never heard of them . |
| 30 | Certainly , the British attitude towards sex has excited a great deal of continental mirth for a long time , especially Latin mirth , I think . |