Example sentences of "long while [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William sat by the phone for a long while after he had called Preston , wondering if he 'd done the right thing . |
| 2 | It would be a long while before he turned into one of the Elders , hiding away in a living death , nurturing their effete Dreams , too fastidious to get involved with the tumult of humanity . |
| 3 | When the names and numbers were read out it was a long while before we heard the name of Deerhurst . |
| 4 | It took him a long while before he could face Magrit again . |
| 5 | It was a long while before Mary could forgive her husband 's infidelity , and she had never seen or spoken to her sister since then . |
| 6 | It was a long while before I could even change her nappy , and putting clothes on , you had to disconnect all the wires , put the clothes on and put them all back . |
| 7 | ‘ He could stay in hiding a long while before we flushed him out . ’ |
| 8 | It was a long while before John got to sleep that night . |
| 9 | Yeah yeah I went , well eventually but like you say it was long wh it was a long while before I actually did get to sleep but got there eventually I 'm been to solicitor today Annie . |
| 10 | I do n't know , he come , he said to me er we we well he come over , you see when I come home from hospital he sa , he had to report to come and see me he was a long while before he did come ! |
| 11 | But it took her such a long while before she would sit in one of these . |
| 12 | Takes a long while before they forget about that , does n't it ? |
| 13 | It was a long while since she had heard Con laugh like that ; lately , he never seemed to find much to laugh at . |
| 14 | It was a long while since she had visited her old home , and longer still since she had lived there as a girl . |
| 15 | Now , after that , you was er taught all the parts of the waggons , and er this took quite a long while because we did n't know anything about them , and er where they all went and the parts they went . |
| 16 | I suppose it will come right in the end its taken a long while because look at that lump there |