Example sentences of "for a long [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lay at her side and for a long while he did n't speak . |
| 2 | For a long while he said nothing . |
| 3 | For a long period he seems to have been disturbed or disgusted by female sexuality , particularly as it was embodied in his wife , and to have established relationships with women in which the dominant note was one of camaraderie not unmixed with his desire for comfort or protection . |
| 4 | He admired the company 's pre-war products — efficient little sports cars with something of the modern Lotus spirit about them — more than any other car , and for a long time he used Astons on the road . |
| 5 | For a long time he was obsessed by the image of them in bed together . |
| 6 | For a long time he gazed into the depths of the rice , muttering . |
| 7 | For a long time he had held the envelope in his chubby fingers and close to his face . |
| 8 | In time Michael too came to accept their centrality , although for a long time he asked when he could go home to his parents . |
| 9 | My husband thought they were a failure and felt embarrassed about them , and for a long time he would n't let me see them . |
| 10 | A terrible knowledge had been swelling slowly in the Padre 's mind , like a sweet , poisonous fruit , which for a long time he had not dared to taste . |
| 11 | For a long time he said nothing . |
| 12 | For a long time he discussed with his lords in private what should be done with me . |
| 13 | For a long time he remained bent over his hands without uttering any form of prayer . |
| 14 | For a long time he remained motionless like this , his body arched backward , his teeth clenched , his lips drawn back in a silent rictus of ecstatic agony . |
| 15 | For a long time he stood in front of the town map , gazing at it as though he would memorise its every feature , and when he turned away it was to ask for a cup of coffee . |
| 16 | For a long time he had wondered about the history of this little family , now it looked as though he was going to find out . |
| 17 | But , before he was able to put a name to it , something hit him on the back of the head , and for a long time he knew no more . |
| 18 | For a long time he lay awake , feeling the vibration of Garvey 's snores clear through the trembling planks . |
| 19 | But surely to if you 've been working with your partner for a long time he 's gon na it anyway |
| 20 | For a long time he held the photograph , fingering it gently , careful not to mark it , and then he pinned it to the cork-board on the wall . |
| 21 | For a long moment he lay where he was , and she knew a second 's real apprehension . |
| 22 | For a long moment he stared at her , then he stepped back , his arms dropping to his sides . |
| 23 | For a long moment he held her tightly against him as if he was afraid she might try to elude him , then when he seemed sure of her his hands encircled her waist , moulded her hips and moved upwards , unbuttoning her shirt , pulling it from the waistband of her jeans , then slipping it from her shoulders until it fell to the floor . |
| 24 | For a long moment he sat in silence , staring unseeingly into space . |