It requires a long apprenticeship to become a first-class blacksmith or horseshoer.

I have had to serve a long apprenticeship to learn self-restraint.

Man is by definition an upright being, but only after a long apprenticeship.

But I have served a long apprenticeship to the one, none to the other.

A long apprenticeship under Jack and Holland had made her proof against ordinary banter.

I think it would be better to make him wait for it-a good long apprenticeship.'

On the contrary, he usually served a long apprenticeship in the rudiments of his calling.

The long apprenticeship has ended in little or nothing.

In the English merchant service boys serve a long apprenticeship to the sea, of seven years.

To this drudgery of his art he served a long apprenticeship; but it did him good.

The gods of evolution had served a long apprenticeship; they had gained proficiency and were master workmen.

Julie Bishop has the runs on the board and has had a long apprenticeship for the job.

And so I had a long apprenticeship.

Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close.

They had to serve a long apprenticeship.

He will serve a year- long apprenticeship as vice chairman at Tata Sons before taking over as chairman.