Example sentences of "for a long [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 32 | and , cos I said to the dealers for a long time you know do n't put them under stairs , do n't put them in store rooms , they get locked , locked up with vacuum cleaners and you ca n't get to the gear when you go to them , do n't put them high up on the wall we ca n't reach them and they just laugh , but er , I think the last laugh 's on us now cos er if I see one high up on the wall , I say well that , I say we 're not accepting that , you have to move it |
| 33 | Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them . |
| 34 | why , that 's what the problem you 've spoken for a long time you just know it , but you do n't know why you use that way , you just do that way . |
| 35 | Does n't matter I mean , it 'll go for a long time you know . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | For a long time he was obsessed by the image of them in bed together . |
| 38 | For a long time he gazed into the depths of the rice , muttering . |
| 39 | For a long time he had held the envelope in his chubby fingers and close to his face . |
| 40 | In time Michael too came to accept their centrality , although for a long time he asked when he could go home to his parents . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | For a long time he said nothing . |
| 44 | For a long time he discussed with his lords in private what should be done with me . |
| 45 | For a long time he remained bent over his hands without uttering any form of prayer . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | For a long time he lay awake , feeling the vibration of Garvey 's snores clear through the trembling planks . |
| 51 | But surely to if you 've been working with your partner for a long time he 's gon na it anyway |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | For a long time it has been known that heavy drinking during pregnancy can badly affect a baby 's development so that when it is born , its face and head are deformed and it is mentally backward . |
| 54 | He is a union member and he was aware of all the advantages of belonging to a union but somehow for a long time it never occurred to me how to get it all started , how it was possible . |
| 55 | It is a house which has given rise to much aesthetic conjecture , and for a long time it was deemed to be the first seed of the modern movement in England , for it did not appear to be built in any revival style , but in a fresh new one . |
| 56 | For a long time it seemed impossible to refer to Communists without using the words ‘ conspiracy ’ and ‘ sons of bitches ’ . |
| 57 | For a long time it looked as if Newcastle were going to leave with the three points they so desperately needed and it was the visitors who drew first blood . |
| 58 | For a long time it was known as Benjamins Mill , a name occasionally used today . |
| 59 | For a long time it was felt that having kiddies was the answer to a woman 's complete fulfilment . |
| 60 | Rousseau ( 1762 , p. 147 ) did approve of one book : ‘ This is the first book Émile will read ; for a long time it will form his whole library and it will always retain an honoured place . |