Example sentences of "[adv] for a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | ‘ I get the feeling we 're in for a long night ’ , she said . |
| 62 | We could be in for a long night . ’ |
| 63 | I know I 'm in for a long night . |
| 64 | Most of the force have drawn shields and batons , and I 've no doubt we 're in for a long night . ’ |
| 65 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
| 66 | ‘ We are in for a long afternoon , ’ he said cheerfully . |
| 67 | Ken and Maggie were in for a long run . |
| 68 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 69 | Clare was told she was in for a long stay in bed , and Mother moved in a divan to sleep next to her . |
| 70 | If the property has been lived in for a long time with old carpets that have never been shampooed they can exude quite pungent odours . |
| 71 | Well I think there were niggling little points in all the quarries , the workforce certainly has n't been happy up in for a long time . |
| 72 | ‘ We 've always been really good friends but had n't worked together for a long time . |
| 73 | They had lived together for a long time , but the sister was now reaching the conclusion that the situation could not continue much longer : |
| 74 | CHARLES and Diana will be together for a long time to come . |
| 75 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
| 76 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
| 77 | On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that . |
| 78 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
| 79 | The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’ |
| 80 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 81 | She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’ |
| 82 | They stood clasped together for a long time , then he bent his head and kissed her , softly at first , then with such increasing passion that she could feel his heart beating like a drum . |
| 83 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 84 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 85 | Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions . |
| 86 | Seem to put them away for a long while but |
| 87 | ‘ They were apparently going away for a long weekend vacation . |
| 88 | No , well that 's it int it ? so er if things are reasonable we might just go away for a long weekend or something , go find us a place in Southport for a weekend |
| 89 | He 's probably going away for a long time , that 's why . |
| 90 | ‘ Your Mummy has gone away for a long time ’ usually only serves to leave the child frightened but feeling the anxiety of the adults all around which forbids further discussion . |