Example sentences of "[adj] long while " in BNC.
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| 1 | a bloody long while . |
| 2 | Yes I 'm getting there , I know I know I know myself I 'm getting there , it 's just Like say , it 's just taking a bloody long while . |
| 3 | So they 've been here a long long while . |
| 4 | I used to go and fetch the , the butter from do n't bring margarine my father used to say we put better stuff on our machines so er I used to go to for my father kept foul , I used to fetch a peck of , bushel of this and a bushel of , you know all the various things that , bran and stuff for the foul yes , yes and I believe a lady , she has , she 's only recently died and but she kept it for a long long while Elsie her name was . |
| 5 | There was one there that was empty and for a long long while . |
| 6 | No , those long-winded gentlemen put me off sermons for a good long while . |