Example sentences of "a long time [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He raised his eyes from the pattern and stared a long time at my friend and I — the only two white people on the journey . |
| 2 | It 'll take a long time at his age but it 'll mend . |
| 3 | I remember when Mike and Robin went into their flats I spent quite a long time with them |
| 4 | Senna struggled for a long time with what he later described as an undriveable car and he collided with Germany 's Michael Schumacher after 40 of the 72 laps . |
| 5 | Christopher Gill ( Member for Ludlow and a Midlands businessman ) , as has been mentioned in Chapter 6 , has concerned himself for a long time with what were once seen to be obscure constitutional issues of subsidiarity . |
| 6 | Senna struggled for a long time with what he later described as an undriveable car and he collided with Germany 's Michael Schumacher after 40 of the 72 laps . |
| 7 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 8 | ‘ For one who intends to stay a long time with us , Englishman , you know little of us . |
| 9 | Oliver was deeply grateful for this offer of shelter and talked for a long time with his new friend . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a long time to me . |
| 11 | I mean he was married for quite a long time to her apparently . |
| 12 | A month seemed a long time to him too . |
| 13 | One hundred years seems like a long time to us , because it is longer than our lifetime . |
| 14 | This continued for a long time during which he shuffled his feet uncomfortably , controlling his immediate impulse to shout at her to be quiet . |
| 15 | I had been in the armed forces long enough to know that you waited a long time for everything and I saw no reason why a dental appointment should be any different , |
| 16 | In a big house it often takes a long time for everyone to find ‘ Smee ’ . |
| 17 | The libel laws should be changed to provide a ‘ fast track ’ system allowing victims of media falsehoods to correct them quickly without having to wait a long time for their cases to go to court and gamble on the result . |
| 18 | They were happy to wait a long time for their meals because they could look at her . |
| 19 | ‘ It took a long time for me to get my Gold Award because some of the tasks were very difficult , ’ says Fiona of the demanding project that included months of community service , braving the elements on an exploratory camping trip and writing a long and detailed historical thesis ! |
| 20 | ‘ It took a long time for me to come to terms with the whole mistletoe thing . |
| 21 | ‘ It was hard to fight my way out of the reserves and it took a long time for me to recover . ’ |
| 22 | My father had a and he said it would be forty seven , say it would likely be forty seven , but that 's forty seven is two year eight month away , which is a long time for me to keep it going . |
| 23 | The old lady was quite sprightly for her age but it took a long time for them both to reach the top floor . |
| 24 | Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem . |
| 25 | But it 'll take quite a long time for them to go though . |
| 26 | But it 's like pouring kettles of hot water into a cold bath it takes a long time for them to make an impression . ’ |
| 27 | He waited a long time for her response . |
| 28 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |
| 29 | But we do talk and what I know is you are essentially a decent and totally wonderful human being and I 'll hang around a long time for you . |
| 30 | I 'm Emma with her silly little clever-clever theories of love and marriage , and love is something that comes in different clothes , with a different way and different face , and perhaps it takes a long time for you to accept it , to be able to call it love . |