Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] for a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was much happier person because this this she 'd threatened to do for a long time . |
| 2 | The phone seemed to ring for a long time . |
| 3 | This achieves much more in the long run than attempting to concentrate for a long time until fatigue sets in . |
| 4 | Is there anybody else please who 's going to live for a long time ? |
| 5 | ‘ We 've been waiting to move for a long time , and we need the money to build the new house . ’ |
| 6 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 7 | She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable . |
| 8 | He has only expressed what a lot of other people have been starting to fear for a long time , that unless the commercial manipulators in tennis are careful , they could cook the golden goose . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's wanted to go for a long time , ’ said Anne , nodding . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |