Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] long while " in BNC.

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1 Seem to put them away for a long while but
2 this one was the biggest and best in a long while … for the first time in 30 years it was open to professionals as well as amateurs and drew in two former world champions in Tony Doyle and Danny Clark and three Milk Race winners in …
3 He had abruptly spurred ahead of her then without replying , and they had ridden without speaking further for a long while .
4 Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind .
5 Then after a long while , during which neither of us could escape from her hatred and savagery , she 'd said tiredly , ‘ OK , Annie , we ca n't do it .
6 That would be a mistake : this is one of the most satisfying and interesting CDs I have come across in a long while .
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