Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Love and pride shone from her enormous black eyes as , ever tender , she lifted her grandson and held him against her grubby sweater for a long moment before returning him to his crib . |
| 2 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 3 | Indeed , as the indices stubbornly refused to improve , there seemed little prospect that interest rates would not remain at this historically high level for a long period to come . |
| 4 | Neither of the Glovers had used a public telephone for a long while and were astonished to find themselves confronted by a totally unfamiliar contraption . |
| 5 | me proper meeting for a long time . |
| 6 | I sat staring at the empty screen for a long time , oblivious of everything around me , including Frejji 's cursing as she struggled with interfield links . |
| 7 | Saying that the council had been pressing the Scottish Office for a long time to commit itself to a new bridge , the administration leader , John MacDougall , said while welcoming their decision , it was vital that the views of users would be taken into account . |
| 8 | Sir David Brewster 's victorian biography , first published in 1855 , remained the standard account for a long time . |
| 9 | Moreover , since the use of thrombolytic agents and aspirin in patients with myocardial infarction improves short and long term survival we would expect to have to give any additional treatment for a longer period to a larger number of patients to show a further reduction in mortality . |
| 10 | In practice , that is with a less marked difference between a low APR for a long loan and a higher APR for a short one , the total credit cost would actually be considerably lower for the shorter — but higher — APR option . |
| 11 | Erm right the open show fifty nine ninety five for the hire of the hall , much the same as last year , it 's keeping pretty well down er , it 's , we paid fifty three eighty last year , but I think because little bit for a longer time this year . |
| 12 | He waited on the cold landing for a long time , nursing his throbbing hand , anticipating the moment when he must face his parents and the serious punishment that was surely due to him . |
| 13 | Roses , alstroemeria and chrysanthemum heads make a luscious decoration for a long table . |
| 14 | Dear Guitarist I have been meaning to write to your fine mag for a long time , but whenever I was about to put pen to paper someone else got there before me with the same topic . |
| 15 | When I look at a natural object for a long time , like looking into the burning embers and the flames of a fire , there appears a new vision or facet of that object or a new way of seeing it in relationship to some other world of thought . |
| 16 | Well she went on sick leave for a long time |
| 17 | Philip ap Ivor stood staring down into the blank cavity for a long moment with drawn brows and tight lips . |
| 18 | She lay in wide-eyed turmoil for a long while , but at last sleep overcame her , and with the return of sleep the dream returned too . |
| 19 | ‘ The responsibility system with the household contract linking output to payment as the main form is in keeping with the present level of the productive forces in China 's rural areas and must be maintained as a basic system for a long time to come … |
| 20 | They must know it 's been going on at domestic and international level for a long time . |
| 21 | Been my major struggle for a long time now . |
| 22 | However the slow pace of implementation and the problems experienced by local authorities in planning , managing and funding community care means that in practice many family carers will see little change or increased help for a long time . |
| 23 | He brought her close against him , his arms enfolding her slenderness against the hardness of his powerful body for a long quiet moment before he slid his hand beneath her chin and lifted her face to his . |
| 24 | Very generous , I have n't had such a good offer for a long time . |
| 25 | The natural history of the upas tree of housing as a social service , growing from the twin roots of rent restriction and indiscriminate subsidy , would be a fascinating subject for a long book . |
| 26 | We take a frozen river for a long way , a bumpy ride that keeps you concentrating , and when we eventually come off it , there is a lone tree that the dogs pull towards despite our efforts . |
| 27 | the athlete has been an important person and model of success for Black youth for a long time . |
| 28 | He had been wanting reassurance for a long time and he had n't been getting any . |
| 29 | Is Versailles a good destination for a long weekend break — an interesting alternative to Paris ? |
| 30 | The thing is , you have n't had a brilliant neither of you two have had a brilliant reputation for a long time , right ? |