Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christopher Gill ( Member for Ludlow and a Midlands businessman ) , as has been mentioned in Chapter 6 , has concerned himself for a long time with what were once seen to be obscure constitutional issues of subsidiarity . |
| 2 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 3 | I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time . |
| 4 | Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time . |
| 5 | She 'd styled it into a long , fat French plait . |
| 6 | This is not going to disappear overnight , it 's going to affect her for a long time , and she 's never going to catch up on the work that she 's missed over the last couple of months by having seven teachers in six weeks . |
| 7 | The explanation seems to be that consecutive measurements have been found to be very consistent , whatever variation exists manifests itself over a longer period corresponding to several averaged measurements . |
| 8 | No one had bothered to wind it for a long time ; the two hands were clasped together as if in prayer , pointing eternally upwards — either to heaven or to twelve o'clock . |
| 9 | English family relationships are said to be less strong than those of Asians , but most English people would be deeply shocked if their grandmother or grandfather , coming to visit them , or their young brother or sister , was held in detention by people with quasi-police powers , accused of lying and then sent back ; or if their husband or wife , coming to join them after a long separation , was further delayed for years and then told that they were not the people they claimed to be and hence had no right to come at all . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've wanted to see you for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Oh no , we 'll pay to keep her for a long time |
| 12 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 13 | Life is too short to continue hating anyone for a long time . |
| 14 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 15 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 16 | Physically , she was looking better than Harriet had seen her in a long while . |
| 17 | I 've suspected it for a long time , but now it 's absolutely dear ! |
| 18 | No one had said anything for a long time . |
| 19 | He then delivered a heavy hint of the need for reform : ‘ We know the Germans , we 've known them for a long time . |
| 20 | If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful . |
| 21 | His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time . |
| 22 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 23 | I felt that I had known it for a long time . |
| 24 | I had known it for a long time , ever since I had confided to my Mum at age fifteen that I fancied the other girls at school , the ‘ it 's just a phase , ’ syndrome . |
| 25 | No , he 's had it for a long time . |
| 26 | It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time . |
| 27 | I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better . |
| 28 | No one 's touched it for a long , long time . |
| 29 | Well you just need to ask her for a long of it anyway . |
| 30 | It is now generally applied to those who have neglected themselves over a long period of time or when a person has become seriously ill but is refusing hospital admission . |