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- It took a long while to do the work. 做这个工作花了许多时间。
- For a long while we had no news of him. 很长一段时间我们没有他的消息。
- I haven't seen him for a long while. 我已经很久没见到他了。
- For a long while we have no news of him. 很长一段时间我们没有他的消息。
- We conversed for a long while on the phone. 我们在电话里聊了老半天。
- For a long while he remained speechless. 他愣了半天没说话。
- We see each other once in a long while. 我们偶尔见面。
- Yes,that was the first time in a long while. 是的，那是很长时间来第一次。
- After this figure he was silent a long while. 他说了这个比喻以后，老半天没再作声。
- They haven't seen each other for a long while. 他们有很长时间没见面了。
- Not a soul passed that way for a long while. 那条路上,许久没再过一个人影儿。
- I haven't seen her for a long while. 我好久没有看见她了。
- That night it took him a long while to sleep. 那天晚上他很久没睡着。
- They sat there for a long while. 他们在那儿坐了半晌。
- Yes, that was the first time in a long while. 斯: 那昨很长时间来第一次打球。
- It rained a while ago, but it's fine now. 刚才下雨了，但现在天很好。
- a long while ago 很久以前; 从前
- Not that the story need to be long, but it will take a long while to make it short. 并非说话非长不可，而是要费一段长时间才能把它弄短。
- She rounded her husband in the ear for a long while. 她悄悄地对丈夫耳语了很长时间。
