Example sentences of "for [art] long [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It was Tuesday morning , when year ten pupils boarded the coach , ready for the long journey which lay ahead of them .
2 For the long vacation we told institutions that they could anticipate up to 10 per cent .
3 For a long minute nothing happened .
4 For a long minute they seemed as one , then , abruptly , the spell was broken .
5 For a long minute she said nothing .
6 Although the company has been going since around 1980 , for a long while it concentrated on research and development projects for other companies : this approach stems from its roots as an offshoot of the University of Colorado .
7 For a long while she stayed there without moving , her mind filled with the dull ache of loss and of longing for what might have been .
8 He lay at her side and for a long while he did n't speak .
9 For a long while he said nothing .
10 These articles are addressed to practitioners and for a long while I have been urging practitioners towards a greater involvement in the education of the profession 's next generation .
11 For a long while I did n't go out that much .
12 At the end of the week , observers were optimistic , yet some still sounded a cautionary note : ‘ This is the first time for a long while I have seen people saying ‘ I want this drawing or painting ’ without any idea of speculation ’ , says Jan Krugier , ‘ but now we must keep control of the situation .
13 For a long while I thought it did n't matter if I lived or died , but you 've changed all that .
14 I used to be , but I have n't been for a long while I used to we ca n't say that I was there last year but
15 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 .
16 For a long time they just held each other there under the stars .
17 For a long time they treated the question of political power as wholly subordinate to the social struggle .
18 For a long time they had led a life of measured grace ; regular sedate walks with their mistress , superb food in ample quantities and long snoring sessions on the rugs and armchairs .
19 And then er a and then after they had been in hay ricks for a long time they were brought up to the farm and built into a bigger stack , a bigger thing .
20 For a long time they did not speak .
21 Finally her arms went gently round his waist , and for a long time they sat there , while he listened to the sounds of the party , and felt — against his side , and within the perimeter his arm made around her — the gentle ebb and flow of her breath , Please , please , do n't come now , Mrs Hunter .
22 For a long time they clung together so until , with a haggard shaking of her head , Emilia freed herself from the embrace , struggled for , and found , a measure of composure .
23 The characteristic of all those areas is that for a long time they have been Labour controlled , although Conservatives have been in control in Brent for the past year and the Liberal Democrats have recently been in control in Tower Hamlets .
24 Afterwards she clung to him , the tears wet on her cheeks , and for a long time they lay together in silence as the light of the October evening faded around them .
25 Luce buried her face against Michele 's neck and for a long time they sat without moving or speaking .
26 For a long time they thought it might have been dysentery , but thank goodness it did n't turn out to be that serious .
27 The power of the Establishment came not from the fact that a few dozen people imposed their will on the rest of us , but from the fact that for a long time we felt it right that the opinions of such people should have respectful attention paid to them .
28 For a long time we have been thinking and praying about a place of our own .
29 At night we were visited by entrepreneurs in sarongs and Muslim black felt " peci " hats , who knocked so quietly that for a long time we thought they were merely underpowered geckos .
30 But because mistakes are expensive and we have to live with them for a long time we tend to play safe and go for rather bland schemes .
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