Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 32 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 33 | ‘ From what you 've told me , I do n't think we 'll see her for a long time unless your Mr Wyatt finds them , and while he thinks you are Dana he wo n't be looking very hard , will he ? ’ |
| 34 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 35 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 36 | No , he 's had it for a long time . |
| 37 | ‘ You said that if you drop a clock into a black hole , and you watch it from a long way off , the hands appear to go round slower the closer it gets to the hole . |
| 38 | If somebody takes a Covermaster plan out at twenty five , we expect them to be paying it for a long time , if he takes it out at fifty five , we expect him to pay less . |
| 39 | Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time . |
| 40 | I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time . |
| 41 | ‘ I remember him from a long time ago . |
| 42 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 43 | Please would she meet him for a long dinner on Friday — he would expect to hear from her tomorrow or the next day . |
| 44 | Gollum was once a hobbit who came across the Ring by chance and keeps it for a long time . |
| 45 | Charles pressed it for a long time . |
| 46 | Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on . |
| 47 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 48 | He then delivered a heavy hint of the need for reform : ‘ We know the Germans , we 've known them for a long time . |
| 49 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 50 | Oh no , we 'll pay to keep her for a long time |
| 51 | Anabelle watched him for a long while , but he did n't twitch a muscle . |
| 52 | His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | I felt that I had known it for a long time . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | A chap named , ooh , Harry , he used to keep it for a long while , and er then of course , th the post office was on the er , opposite side of the road to where it is now . |
| 58 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
| 59 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |
| 60 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |