Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [art] long time [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
| 2 | I queued a long time for that loaf . |
| 3 | I spend a long time with the Emergency Bed Service on the neighbour 's phone . |
| 4 | She spent a long time in the bathroom . |
| 5 | She spent a long time near the gate these days , but the snow had driven her indoors at last . |
| 6 | And everybody was getting a bit bored with it cos as it dragged on this is s seven months when you know a long time to be I never thought it would have gone this as long as that when we started off with it . |
| 7 | She waited a long time in a small office , but after an hour a policeman came into the room . |
| 8 | I had been in the armed forces long enough to know that you waited a long time for everything and I saw no reason why a dental appointment should be any different , |
| 9 | She sat a long time by herself , looking at the forsythia . |
| 10 | We spent a long time on the sofa that evening , and I would have stayed the night if he 'd asked me but he did n't . |
| 11 | We waited a long time at Enniskillen , an RAF helicopter buzzing above the castle . |
| 12 | He waits a long time before seizing her , getting to know her habits and other information about her , but she is really a complete stranger who has never met or loved him , unlike Daisy and Gatsby who at least know each other before the book begins . |
| 13 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 14 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
| 15 | Well , the best thing about the course is , I think , that you get an all-round view of how it 's arranged and the time aspect of the information flow — that it takes a long time for information to reach the books and compendia etc . |
| 16 | It takes a long time for an explosion in the southern hemisphere to affect the north ; an eruption in the northern hemisphere has a much quicker impact on us . |
| 17 | I 'm Emma with her silly little clever-clever theories of love and marriage , and love is something that comes in different clothes , with a different way and different face , and perhaps it takes a long time for you to accept it , to be able to call it love . |
| 18 | This is because its chronicity can be achieved only by delivering a massive insult or repeated dosing so that it takes a long time for the acute ulcer to heal and often leads to the death of the animal in the acute phase . |
| 19 | But it 's like pouring kettles of hot water into a cold bath it takes a long time for them to make an impression . ’ |
| 20 | It seems to me that you get these big moments in the life of the church , as you do in the life of any institution , historically speaking , and it takes a long time for you to discover what the effect of them is going to be . |
| 21 | You said that it takes a long time for development between the first idea being mooted and a workable application of the particular physical principle , and you cited , what , fifty years for the development of a nuclear power station — is there always that time lag in technology ? |
| 22 | I soon discovered that a lot of the local children stuck together and that outsiders were n't made very welcome — even if you come from another part of Cornwall it takes a long time to be accepted . |
| 23 | ‘ It seems a long time since this morning . ’ |
| 24 | Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look . |
| 25 | The blaze commenced one lunchtime when few people were in the premises , so there was no loss of life , but it took a long time for the blaze to be brought under control and some days before the firemen were able to be sure that there was no risk of further outbreaks of fire . |
| 26 | The old lady was quite sprightly for her age but it took a long time for them both to reach the top floor . |
| 27 | It took a long time for us to reach an understanding . |
| 28 | Despite hospital treatment , it took a long time for Sheila to recover . |
| 29 | ‘ It took a long time for me to get my Gold Award because some of the tasks were very difficult , ’ says Fiona of the demanding project that included months of community service , braving the elements on an exploratory camping trip and writing a long and detailed historical thesis ! |
| 30 | ‘ It took a long time for all this to evolve . |