Example sentences of "[verb] for [art] long while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there are also brief moments of recovery , moments of gratified desire and a coming to life : ‘ on this abandoned divan , I shall inhale for a long while still the earthy , vegetal smell which the faun left behind ; then , in the morning , wakened at dawn , I shall fling myself into the delicious air ’ ( p. 104 ) . |
| 2 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is erm the orange disk was flashing for a long while before the buzzer |
| 3 | This core of lava may continue to flow for a long while , but when the supply of fresh lava slows down at source , there will not be enough coming through to fill the whole volume of the core , so an empty space will be left , and this will form a long tube or tunnel running along the centre of the flow , sometimes for many kilometres . |
| 4 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 5 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 6 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 7 | If things keep as they 're going now and she gets the services she 's getting I 've no grumbles , she 'll stop for a long while . |
| 8 | and er , she said my eyes really sparkled she said first time I 've seen them sparkle for a long while so I was right chuffed about that . |
| 9 | I stood staring for a long while . |
| 10 | Jean was tough and liked to drink ; she would endure for a long while yet . |
| 11 | She lay for a long while , the tears falling . |
| 12 | I had not realized how close they had been but she grieved for a long while for the grandmother to whom she had felt close and in whom she had found it easy to confide . |
| 13 | I stood for a long while looking at Voting Right . |
| 14 | has n't been one published for a long while . |
| 15 | I sat for a long while , clutching the unfinished poem , gazing beyond it . |
| 16 | She sat for a long while , until her limbs became cold and stiff and her mind numb with tiredness and misery . |