Example sentences of "[prep] a long [noun] after [pers pn] " 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 | In bed that night , Evelyn and Rose talked in whispers for a long time after they were sure that everyone else was asleep . |
| 3 | For a long time after she had died , she had n't been able to think about her at all , it had been so awful , but now she could . |
| 4 | Her arms hugged around herself , she stood in the phone-box for a long time after she 'd replaced the receiver and it seemed quite incomprehensible to her now that she had n't contacted her mother before . |
| 5 | I was thinking , for a long time after you left . |
| 6 | ‘ Not last night ; I heard him come in a long time after I went to bed . |