Example sentences of "for a [adj] time [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a long time they treated the question of political power as wholly subordinate to the social struggle . |
| 2 | For a long time they clung together so until , with a haggard shaking of her head , Emilia freed herself from the embrace , struggled for , and found , a measure of composure . |
| 3 | For a long time they thought it might have been dysentery , but thank goodness it did n't turn out to be that serious . |
| 4 | For a long time they had led a life of measured grace ; regular sedate walks with their mistress , superb food in ample quantities and long snoring sessions on the rugs and armchairs . |
| 5 | Finally her arms went gently round his waist , and for a long time they sat there , while he listened to the sounds of the party , and felt — against his side , and within the perimeter his arm made around her — the gentle ebb and flow of her breath , Please , please , do n't come now , Mrs Hunter . |
| 6 | Luce buried her face against Michele 's neck and for a long time they sat without moving or speaking . |
| 7 | For a long time they did not speak . |
| 8 | The power of the Establishment came not from the fact that a few dozen people imposed their will on the rest of us , but from the fact that for a long time we felt it right that the opinions of such people should have respectful attention paid to them . |
| 9 | At night we were visited by entrepreneurs in sarongs and Muslim black felt " peci " hats , who knocked so quietly that for a long time we thought they were merely underpowered geckos . |
| 10 | But , before he was able to put a name to it , something hit him on the back of the head , and for a long time he knew no more . |
| 11 | In time Michael too came to accept their centrality , although for a long time he asked when he could go home to his parents . |
| 12 | For a long time he lay awake , feeling the vibration of Garvey 's snores clear through the trembling planks . |
| 13 | For a long time he had held the envelope in his chubby fingers and close to his face . |
| 14 | A terrible knowledge had been swelling slowly in the Padre 's mind , like a sweet , poisonous fruit , which for a long time he had not dared to taste . |
| 15 | For a long time he had wondered about the history of this little family , now it looked as though he was going to find out . |
| 16 | For a long time he said nothing . |
| 17 | For a long time he gazed into the depths of the rice , muttering . |
| 18 | For a long time he stood in front of the town map , gazing at it as though he would memorise its every feature , and when he turned away it was to ask for a cup of coffee . |
| 19 | For a long time he discussed with his lords in private what should be done with me . |
| 20 | He admired the company 's pre-war products — efficient little sports cars with something of the modern Lotus spirit about them — more than any other car , and for a long time he used Astons on the road . |
| 21 | For a long time he remained bent over his hands without uttering any form of prayer . |
| 22 | For a long time he remained motionless like this , his body arched backward , his teeth clenched , his lips drawn back in a silent rictus of ecstatic agony . |
| 23 | For a long time he held the photograph , fingering it gently , careful not to mark it , and then he pinned it to the cork-board on the wall . |
| 24 | For a long time it looked as if Newcastle were going to leave with the three points they so desperately needed and it was the visitors who drew first blood . |
| 25 | As it happened Namibia won the game and the tournament , but for a long time it looked as if the Zimbabweans would win , leaving the hitherto unbeaten Namibians out in the cold . |
| 26 | For a long time it looked like the 500 GP career he started just last year would be very short . |
| 27 | For a long time it suited the others to have him in that job . |
| 28 | For a long time it felt as if that was all she could do . |
| 29 | For a long time it had been accepted that humans could not survive on worlds which were in orbit around any sun which was capable of being classed as a red giant . |
| 30 | For a long time it seemed impossible to refer to Communists without using the words ‘ conspiracy ’ and ‘ sons of bitches ’ . |