Example sentences of "a long while " in BNC.
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| 31 | At the very least , the discipline of being involved in some form of training will help counteract the feeling of lethargy that creeps over many people who have been unemployed for a long while — a characteristic which is very counterproductive in an interview . |
| 32 | He was about to leave the foundry and continue his journey when an apprentice came rushing in with the loveliest girl he had seen in a long while , and his heart seemed to stop . |
| 33 | Then after a long while , during which neither of us could escape from her hatred and savagery , she 'd said tiredly , ‘ OK , Annie , we ca n't do it . |
| 34 | I stood for a long while looking at Voting Right . |
| 35 | For a long while Ken said nothing different . |
| 36 | Jean was tough and liked to drink ; she would endure for a long while yet . |
| 37 | If they can learn to sustain this over a long while , The La 's would be world-shakers . |
| 38 | For a long while , Spain included Jews and Moors as well as Christians ; then it no longer tolerated them . |
| 39 | Stable jockey Chris Grant said : ‘ He had been ill for a long while , but carried on because his horses were his life . ’ |
| 40 | Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind . |
| 41 | Vologsky was silent and thoughtful for a long while . |
| 42 | Apart from a few weddings she had n't been inside a church for a long while . |
| 43 | Physically , she was looking better than Harriet had seen her in a long while . |
| 44 | I 'd heard tales about some people having seen an old man down there but not for a long while , he would n't hurt anyone so your lad need n't be scared of him . ’ |
| 45 | Naas Botha and his team play their first international in England since 1969 — and it could be their last in a long while . |
| 46 | Anabelle watched him for a long while , but he did n't twitch a muscle . |
| 47 | ‘ For a long while I did n't go out that much . |
| 48 | After a long while she belched several times , then said , ‘ Maybe I 'll be more resistant now . |
| 49 | Although the company has been going since around 1980 , for a long while it concentrated on research and development projects for other companies : this approach stems from its roots as an offshoot of the University of Colorado . |
| 50 | His great courage at the time eventually earned him the Military Cross , but the harrowing experience was for a long while foremost in his mind and symbolized by the walk back to his commanding officer over a mass of dead German and British soldiers in which his feet scarcely touched the ground . |
| 51 | A long while ago I watched Tom Keating on TV painting a ship during which he discussed putting on a varnish and painting in the rigging through the varnish as the only means of getting a nice line . |
| 52 | It was the first time for a long while that Tommy had come into the dining rooms for his morning break and Carrie had spotted him from the window as he pulled up outside and climbed down wearily from his horsecart . |
| 53 | Anyway , nuffink 's gon na 'appen fer a long while yet so the owners are lettin' the place out fer rent . |
| 54 | At the end of the week , observers were optimistic , yet some still sounded a cautionary note : ‘ This is the first time for a long while I have seen people saying ‘ I want this drawing or painting ’ without any idea of speculation ’ , says Jan Krugier , ‘ but now we must keep control of the situation . |
| 55 | The idea of pursuing a solo career had been in Sharon Shannon 's mind for a long while — but now the time was right she already had a seminal piece of super session recording under her belt and now , with John Dunford — who 'd been centrally involved with The Waterboys throughout their Irish sojourn as sound and recording engineer — in charge of production , she got to work on her solo album . |
| 56 | It took me a long while to pay it off . |
| 57 | Such questions occupied developmental research workers for a long while , and their results were eventually pulled together in a number of reviews , such as that by Bettye Caldwell . |
| 58 | The above may be so , but it took a long while for anything significant to happen to the share price . |
| 59 | For a long while seven or eight pairs of lidless eyes gazed at Flaubert . |
| 60 | But er the government , a long while ago , actually decided they ought to do something about knocking the institutions ' heads together and they drew up a plan called the Council of Engineering Institutes , where the idea was we get a little of coordination across the entire patch . |