Example sentences of "a long time in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was a long time in answering . |
| 2 | Also , the slow course of the disease implied that any drug would have to be given for a long time in order to be effective and so would have to be particularly harmless to patients . |
| 3 | He must have saved up his pocket money for a long time in order to buy one of Uncle Philip 's masks . |
| 4 | The ‘ Beeb ’ has been kind to its commentators — thirty years is a long time in television — and they in turn have served it well , adjusting cleverly to the growing informality of broadcasting without ever quite forgetting the august institution in which ‘ they serve ’ . |
| 5 | It is only extinguished or " barred " because the claim it gives to land has been allowed to remain unpressed for a long time in face of a rival title … the effect of the Act is to eliminate . |
| 6 | He deliberated for a long time in front of the pad , and then suddenly rose and put it away without writing anything . |
| 7 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
| 8 | The Hudson Report , a very thorough and painstaking piece of work , was a long time in gestation ; it was sent to the Minister towards the end of 1973 and was eventually published in July 1974 . |
| 9 | AN hour is a long time in politics . |
| 10 | A week is a long time in politics , said Harold Wilson . |
| 11 | A day is a long time in politics . |
| 12 | If a week is a long time in politics , two days were a long time in the right hon. and learned Gentleman 's life last week . |
| 13 | The problem is that most tenant 's covenants appear at the outset to be quite reasonable and innocuous , but if a week is a long time in politics then 25 years is a lifetime in property during which circumstances can and will change with a result that a previously innocent-looking covenant could become highly restrictive and troublesome . |
| 14 | This view remained dominant for a long time in sociology , but more recently other sociologists have become reluctant to view people as happy robots , acting out predetermined roles . |
| 15 | But three months is a long time in Euro-politics . |
| 16 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 17 | You can stay a long time in neutral , ticking over — provided nothing happens . |
| 18 | I 've a father in law who was er for a long time in charge of the erm er financial side of the P A Y E side of the er National Dental Estimates Board in Eastbourne in Sussex |
| 19 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
| 20 | But the old Jew sat for a long time in silence as the wind and rain in the darkness outside lashed at the windows of Damiani 's old home . |
| 21 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 22 | Three years is a long time in world politics . |
| 23 | A week is a long time in football , seven days in fact , but somehow a reversal of February 's 11–0 defeat at the hands of today 's opponents would prove that Lazarus does n't have the last word in comebacks , and we are still a team to be reckoned with . |
| 24 | A WEEK is a long time in football , is n't it ? |
| 25 | Thank you Mr Mayor erm a week is a quite a long time in housing but er er |
| 26 | Phone calls are thoroughly screened ; people have to make appointments a long time in advance . |
| 27 | What is more , much of government expenditure is committed a long time in advance and can not easily be cut . |
| 28 | erm for people who are getting information from various centres , yes , they would have known erm quite a long time in advance . |