Example sentences of "for a long [noun] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stretching to ease tired muscles , she debated whether to go for a swim in the pool or opt for a long soak in a warm scented bath . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's gone to Sam 's party , ’ said Scarlet , hastily , applying the brush to her hair and wondering why it made you feel so odd if you looked at yourself for a long while in the glass . |
| 3 | Supertop ran well for a long way in the season 's opener at Doncaster . |
| 4 | Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army . |
| 5 | I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain . |
| 6 | The Tynedale Fenwicks and the Liddesdale Elliots were involved for a long time in a savage , unyielding feud ; and the Armstrongs , among their many clashes , quarrelled simultaneously with the Scottish Turnbulls and Johnstones and with the English Bells , while the Bells were also feuding with the English Grahams . |
| 7 | And he sat for a long time in a melancholy reverie as the ants continued to drift down , thinking of the futility of all endeavour . |
| 8 | Then it began to rain hard and I sheltered for a long time in a barn , but I could n't stay there all night so I just walked and got thoroughly soaked . |
| 9 | ‘ People always want to see how the Führer looks , whether he is serious or laughing , ’ and had expressed disappointment that they had not even heard his voice for a long time in the newsreels , for , as one report put it , ‘ the words of the Führer are gospel for the people ’ . |
| 10 | But although I played lead for a long time in the group I never cite lead players like Clapton or Beck . |
| 11 | He must have worked for a long time in the garage . |
| 12 | A referee 's mistake lost them the match against Auckland and they were in with a chance for a long time in the Test — there was only one — before being beaten 11–3 . |
| 13 | but erm , er at a stage that they are in and been for a long time in the States as we will have to er get armed , well I 'm sorry to say this but it seems like it |
| 14 | She lay for a long time in the enveloping warmth of the bath-water , feeling a strange sense of sadness . |
| 15 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 16 | Going for a long walk in the country on a Sunday afternoon when you 've got a lot of marking still to do , or having an affair with a colleague — they could go either way . |
| 17 | Next day I took him outside for a long walk in the fresh air . |
| 18 | She wore a light silk dress and thin shoes , which did not seem at all suitable for a long walk in the snow . |