Example sentences of "long time in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is absent yet meticulous , paying for a missing drink-shop teaspoon which has nothing to do with him , and spending a long time in the ‘ interesting occupation ’ of trying to catch a fly . |
| 2 | Once again , the intensity of contact spread over such a long time in the field makes this form of self-monitoring difficult to maintain , and there was also a general resistance from below to the management 's instruction . |
| 3 | ‘ It 'll take a long time in the courts , wo n't it , though ? ’ |
| 4 | A long time in the dark and he d have to go a long way round if he was n't to upset the sheep and alert Jack . |
| 5 | ‘ People always want to see how the Führer looks , whether he is serious or laughing , ’ and had expressed disappointment that they had not even heard his voice for a long time in the newsreels , for , as one report put it , ‘ the words of the Führer are gospel for the people ’ . |
| 6 | I sat for what seemed a long time in the cold darkness , breathing shallowly , not moving at all , just waiting , and eventually there was a lightening of the shadows and a luminosity in the wood , and the moon rose clear and bright in the east . |
| 7 | Twenty years is a long time in the development of sexual experience . |
| 8 | Wise men are a long time in the ship |
| 9 | But although I played lead for a long time in the group I never cite lead players like Clapton or Beck . |
| 10 | It 's been a long time in the pipeline … |
| 11 | Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space . |
| 12 | He must have worked for a long time in the garage . |
| 13 | But 40 years is a long , long time in the publishing caper . |
| 14 | A referee 's mistake lost them the match against Auckland and they were in with a chance for a long time in the Test — there was only one — before being beaten 11–3 . |
| 15 | These whirlwind developments were a long time in the planning but the results came with staggering speed and remarkable good nature and co-operation which finally sees the rugby world totally united once again but with a new combined force lurking below the equator . |
| 16 | It has been an awful long time in the development , but V M Technologies , the semiconductor development affiliate of ASCII Corp , the software development company run by Kazuhiko Nishi , which has been having a rough time of it of late , has finally announced that it has completed the preparation to sell its long-promised home-grown microprocessor fully compatible with Intel Corp 's 80386 , the first 80386 clone developed in Japan . |
| 17 | but erm , er at a stage that they are in and been for a long time in the States as we will have to er get armed , well I 'm sorry to say this but it seems like it |
| 18 | She lay there a long time in the bath , soaking , looking through the open door at his sleeping figure on the bed . |
| 19 | A long time in the past the Yek had been nomads , and even though the principal cities of the Khanate were constructed from stone , the interior decoration of many of the principal houses owed its origins to the heritage of the tent . |
| 20 | Ten years is a long time in the world of books , but I do remember there was not nearly such a fuss over the original 1983 list : a rather uncomfortable party in some medical establishment , a few diary paragraphs and that was it . |
| 21 | For , I think we 'd probably better keep you going for , how about six da hmm for five days , that 's actually quite a long course for this stuff cos it lasts an awful long time in the body . |
| 22 | She lay for a long time in the enveloping warmth of the bath-water , feeling a strange sense of sadness . |
| 23 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She spent a long time in the bathroom . |
| 26 | I personally and I 'm sure it goes for many here , have spent a long time in the private rented sector and if the opportunity existed to get into council housing we would have taken it . |
| 27 | EIGHTEEN years is a long time in the life of a motor car . |
| 28 | We had a hell of a long time in the what 's it ? |