Example sentences of "[prep] a long [noun] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a long while she belched several times , then said , ‘ Maybe I 'll be more resistant now . |
| 2 | Then after a long pause she added , ‘ Absolutely nice . |
| 3 | After a long argument she convinced the guard we were n't tourists and that climbing was still allowed in the area . |
| 4 | After a long time she looked at her bedside clock and saw that it was past midnight . |
| 5 | That evening I went to see an old friend ( that is , old in years ) in case out of the experience of a long life she might bring forth words of wisdom . |
| 6 | For a long minute she said nothing . |
| 7 | For a long while she stayed there without moving , her mind filled with the dull ache of loss and of longing for what might have been . |
| 8 | Because she was physically worse after the operation than before it , Rose was convinced that the doctors had made a mistake , and for a long time she wanted to sue them . |
| 9 | For a long time she lay , wide-eyed in the darkness , living over again the strange events of the day , until these thoughts and impressions gradually merged into dreams . |
| 10 | For a long time she had thought they referred to a mother and a female baby bear . |
| 11 | For a long time she maintained her maiden name until it became a public and political necessity to adopt the surname Clinton . |
| 12 | For a long time she had been out of control , unable to cope with the everyday demands of her new royal role . |
| 13 | For a long time she had not been able to face many of her friends . |
| 14 | For a long time she imagined she might open the door and see the body of her mother , stretched out in death on her bed , her arms folded across her chest , her eyes still open and staring at the ceiling . |
| 15 | For a long time she stayed outside keeping from sleep to hold that moment , hold it as being now , not letting it go to be yesterday , go into the past . |
| 16 | Chesarynth concentrated on the maths of it so hard that for a long time she ignored the awareness tugging at her subconscious . |
| 17 | For a long time she would n't tell us . |
| 18 | For a long time she waited , and nothing more terrible came to enter that silence than her own dark imaginings . |
| 19 | For a long time she lay awake , staring into the darkness and telling herself that she had been absolutely crazy to let this happen . |
| 20 | For a long time she sat at the breakfast bar , gazing into space , searching for answers and finding none . |
| 21 | For a long time she listened to his breathing , praying for sleep . |
| 22 | For a long time she had been unaware of anything lacking , but recently she had started feeling somehow … adrift . |
| 23 | For a long moment she stared at Michael , but she did not speak . |
| 24 | For a long moment she gazed back at him , feeling an inexplicable and totally uncharacteristic desire to do just that . |
| 25 | Then he brought his blazing eyes unhurriedly to her face and for a long moment she found herself wishing time would stand still ; when he looked at her like that … she swallowed , felt her pulse beating wildly ; his eyes were devouring hers . |