Example sentences of "in [noun] [prep] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A discrete block of land may have been in existence for a long time before it was first described in a written document . |
| 2 | The first 4 of these have been in existence for a long time . |
| 3 | well those people have them in stock for a long time |
| 4 | Dogs which have lived in kennels for a long time can be particularly difficult to house-train successfully , although this is helped by the fact that they will only defecate about twice a day . |
| 5 | ‘ I think Neville Southall has been the best goalkeeper in England for a long time , but now he has been joined by others like David Seaman , Tony Coton and Chris Woods . |
| 6 | Many tournaments ( as you emphasised ) , have been in place for a long time and often with the same people running them for decades . |
| 7 | Privately , senior party members claim women do not put themselves forward , are not up to the job and stress that most male MPs have been in place for a long time . |
| 8 | The Ostertags have been making wine in Alsace for a long time — centuries rather than years . |
| 9 | When releasing barn owls that have been in captivity for a long time , we keep them confined to the barn until we 're sure that they are going to adapt happily to their new surrounding . ( ) |
| 10 | Her daughter Jessica wrote a letter to the New York court saying : ‘ Please make Amy Fisher stay in jail for a long time so she ca n't hurt my mom again . ’ |
| 11 | So if you were on night duty , it was n't much use getting off early and going to bed for a couple of hours and then going to court — you might be engaged in court for a long time . |
| 12 | Is he aware that there will be general satisfaction with the help that he has given to St. Asaph business park , which is one of the best developments to have emerged in Rhuddlan for a long time ? |
| 13 | The fittings here also looked as if they had been in service for a long time — probably salvaged from a demolition site . |
| 14 | In bed that night , Evelyn and Rose talked in whispers for a long time after they were sure that everyone else was asleep . |
| 15 | Schemes of the same kind were drawn up for the forests of Chute , Pickering and Knaresborough , and in the soke of Somersham within the forest of Huntingdon , which the Attorney-General reported ‘ had not been in use for a long time past . |
| 16 | Nevertheless his enthusiasm , unbounded energy and genuine passion for technology promises a period of unprecedented activity with new ideas and innovative developments not seen in Australia for a long time . |
| 17 | Now we 've had a Sale of Goods Act in Britain for a long time . |
| 18 | It was after I had been deep in thought for a long time , stooped forward , that I looked up and saw Adrar , like the celestial city , its towers and palms floating on the mirage of a lake . |
| 19 | She seemed to lie in bed for a long time before falling asleep . |
| 20 | She lay ill in bed for a long time . |
| 21 | We 've been in love for a long time — well , I have anyway . ’ |
| 22 | She has n't been in Italy for a long time . |
| 23 | We walked in silence for a long time . |
| 24 | He sat in silence for a long time . |
| 25 | Emilia lay in silence for a long time , biting her lip . |
| 26 | They hugged each other in silence for a long time . |
| 27 | He was in hospital for a long time with the doctors far from optimistic that he would recover . |
| 28 | There was a car crash , she died , he was in hospital for a long time and when he came out everything had changed . |
| 29 | Thomas 's mind has been in turmoil for a long time since that rejection . |
| 30 | Others do stay in care for a long time . |