Example sentences of "a long time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two girls were quiet for a long time after the door closed ; then suddenly , unaccountably , they started to push one another , boisterously mimicking Moran : ‘ God , O God , what did I do to deserve such a crowd ? |
| 2 | In bed that night , Evelyn and Rose talked in whispers for a long time after they were sure that everyone else was asleep . |
| 3 | For a long time after she had died , she had n't been able to think about her at all , it had been so awful , but now she could . |
| 4 | She 's got our number all right an' we 'll 'ave to give this place a miss for a long time after this . |
| 5 | A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out . |
| 6 | A long time after , when Masklin came to write the story of his life , he described the flight of the geese as the fastest , highest and most terrifying of all . |
| 7 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
| 8 | ‘ Not last night ; I heard him come in a long time after I went to bed . |
| 9 | Her arms hugged around herself , she stood in the phone-box for a long time after she 'd replaced the receiver and it seemed quite incomprehensible to her now that she had n't contacted her mother before . |
| 10 | Undoubtedly the succession was an important issue ; the terms Whig and Tory had been coined in the first place to describe different sides taken during the Exclusion controversy , whilst for a long time after the Glorious Revolution Whigs continued to be able to embarrass the Tories by alleging that their attachment to the divine-right , hereditary succession meant that deep-down they were Jacobite sympathisers . |
| 11 | Now if you think about commercial potatoes and the ones that keep , the late ones , they are always harvested after the have died down , a long time after , in fact some of them are still digging up potatoes now . |
| 12 | I was thinking , for a long time after you left . |
| 13 | The Government refused at first even to meet him , citing the need not to inflame those holding the Beirut hostages , and did precious little more for a long time after the hostages were freed . |
| 14 | Yesterday he rang the bell for a long time but no point in opening the door . |
| 15 | It took a hell of a long time but learn we did . |
| 16 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |
| 17 | I have n't been happy for a long time but now I think I 'm going to be . ’ |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I have known Graham for a long time but there will be no sentiment when he picks the England team . |
| 19 | Metal whiskers of this kind had been known of , in a general sort of way , for a long time but had been regarded as a nuisance or a curiosity . |
| 20 | ‘ It is something that tends to live with you for a long time but at least we now have the chance to put the record straight and show that we , too , can play a bit . |
| 21 | Sometimes truth may be suppressed for a long time but while it is imprisoned it gathers to itself more and more power so that on the day that it is finally released it explodes , blowing everything asunder . |
| 22 | He watched her closely for a long time but there was no further flicker of consciousness . |
| 23 | Hard disks last a long time but they do n't last for ever . |
| 24 | The profits have been in public relations for a long time but too often those in charge have refused to invest some measure of it in capital equipment that would improve client services and the daily life of their workers . |
| 25 | Taken in connection with the fact that Liverpool is the greatest seaport in the world , that one alone should remain a disorganised prey to designing knaves is one of the strange and unaccountable anomalies which frequently escape notice for a long time but only to be ultimately felt with greater force and overcome with greater resolution " . |
| 26 | She held her hand under the flow for a long time but the water grew no warmer . |
| 27 | The eaves , most of which are round the Mull of Oa and the northeast corner of the island , have been there a long time but are almost unexplored and very little s known about them , There is evidence that those at Port a Chotain , near Bholsa , had been occupied in the 17th or early 18th century . |
| 28 | He 's been in the business a long time but believe it or not this is the first time he 's been inside for over twenty years . |
| 29 | Basilican churches continued to be built for a long time but many variations of form developed , with one dominant theme : a dome , or domes over an open space below . |
| 30 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |