Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Of course , nationalism is not all simple illusion , for real material differences do exist and have existed for a long time between different countries . |
| 32 | Kenneth , last seen nineteen eighty two , lived in the Sleaford area , a retired senior nursing officer at Hospital Holbeach , er m may have married for a second time , Kenneth he 's got a son Ian Mark . |
| 33 | ‘ She 's wanted to go for a long time , ’ said Anne , nodding . |
| 34 | And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’ |
| 36 | ‘ Sheisse , ’ he added explosively as if he had at last allowed himself to be convinced of something which he had wanted to believe for a long time . |
| 37 | I 'll see that bugger tomorrow mornin' if I have to get up at five , an , I 'll tell him what I 've meant to do for a long time ; I 'll take the can along to the authorities . |
| 38 | This is one of the best new recordings of Honegger 's music to have appeared for a long time . |
| 39 | Also , habitation only seems to have lasted for a short time , and Aggersborg may never have been finished . |
| 40 | Certainly , a residence requirement which consisted of a requirement to have resided for a certain time in the country before a self-employed occupation could be taken up would involve covert discrimination , because it would be satisfied virtually automatically by nationals and would therefore affect nationals of other member states , if not exclusively , at least chiefly . |
| 41 | ‘ You see , we had n't intended to get married for a long time yet — there being so many drawbacks , ’ she began . |
| 42 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 43 | And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me . |
| 44 | Then he had gone , and the Curator had stared for a long time after him , and then at the golden eagle who stared blankly back at him . |
| 45 | The low fertility families in social class III had courted for a long time , decided carefully about marriage , moved house seldom , and tended to be upwardly mobile in their jobs . |
| 46 | Everyone had come for a good time , and they did not want it spoiling by some wildmen . |
| 47 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
| 48 | Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time . |
| 49 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
| 50 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 51 | At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time . |
| 52 | Among the most dangerous was the Chaplain of the Repubblichini , a Catholic priest whom everybody had suspected for a long time . |
| 53 | After all , she had suspected for a long time now that he was aware of the effect he sometimes had on her . |
| 54 | Scientists on both sides of the Atlantic have said that the so-called ‘ Concorde ’ trial confirms what many had felt for a long time , namely that AZT taken on its own is likely to be limited in delaying the onset of AIDS . |
| 55 | Balcon was the sort of producer the British film industry had needed for a long time . |
| 56 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
| 57 | why , that 's what the problem you 've spoken for a long time you just know it , but you do n't know why you use that way , you just do that way . |
| 58 | He had driven to Roker in Sunderland and had walked for a long time on the beach , contemplating suicide , but had driven back to his son 's home . |
| 59 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 60 | She had known for a long time now . |