Example sentences of "[verb] she [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 His eyes were ice-bright , and pierced her like twin blades as he regarded her for a long moment .
2 She instanced her of a long line of lagers , I consumed three Waistwatchers , two Seckburgers , an American Way and a double order of Tuckleberry Pie .
3 He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair .
4 She would have liked to take the girl in her arms and hold her for a long time .
5 Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning .
6 Physically , she was looking better than Harriet had seen her in a long while .
7 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 .
8 ‘ 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 ? ’
9 By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time .
10 Oh no , we 'll pay to keep her for a long time
11 His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time .
12 She was so aware of him that he seemed to be touching her from a long way off .
13 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 .
14 As for Miguel , he would treat her to a long stare with those soulful eyes and mutter something she did not understand .
15 Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ?
16 Guido treated her to a long look between narrowed dark eyes .
17 No I 'm not , erm if I , if I take her for a long run .
18 And I suppose we might have lost her in the long run , but not just yet . ’
19 He had been watching her for a long time before she realised he was awake .
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