Example sentences of "[vb past] long period " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1907 rheumatoid arthritis had almost crippled her and she suffered long periods of inactivity , but refused either to move to the comfort of Duke Town or to return to Britain . |
| 2 | During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the Dalmatian cities changed hands many times , but despite these upheavals they enjoyed long periods of prosperity and their commerce and their arts flourished . |
| 3 | ‘ We enjoyed long periods of possession , but if you ca n't put the ball in the net that does n't count , ’ he added . |
| 4 | Many such wagons spent long periods hidden away in marshalling yards or being used as storage containers on customers ' premises , practices which the business-led Railfreight sector was understandably keen to eradicate . |
| 5 | During the period of his studies , he was laid low by tuberculosis , and spent long periods in the sanatorium undergoing treatment . |
| 6 | After this he spent long periods in Madeira until his death in 1907 . |
| 7 | He trained as a painter in Vienna , spent long periods in Russia and France and became one of Hungary 's leading Romantic painters and illustrators . |
| 8 | Despite all this external activity he spent long periods of time in his diocese , active in every facet of ecclesiastical administration , as is revealed by his register , the first to survive for the diocese of Winchester . |
| 9 | The youth team , all drawn from non-rugby playing schools , improved greatly after half-time and spent long periods pressing on the schools ' line . |
| 10 | Inevitably I spent long periods sitting in the staff room waiting for staff to find time for an interview . |
| 11 | It was early in the season yet , and he probably had long periods of inactivity to fill up between visitors ; but he was not going to be left at leisure for long this time , for in the gravelled car park outside the enclosure a large bus was just disgorging a load of loud and active schoolboys , shepherded by a frantic youth hardly older than the eldest of his charges . |
| 12 | Some years later , when it was apparent that my daughter would not recover from her poliomyelitis , I felt that it would no longer be possible to continue serving in the Royal Navy , which entailed long periods of separation from my home . |