Example sentences of "[verb] her for a 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 | He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair . |
| 3 | She would have liked to take the girl in her arms and hold her for a long time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 7 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 8 | Oh no , we 'll pay to keep her for a long time |
| 9 | His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | No I 'm not , erm if I , if I take her for a long run . |
| 13 | He had been watching her for a long time before she realised he was awake . |