Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a long time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 2 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 3 | We 've already been working closely with them for a long time because of the shared ownership . |
| 4 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It is something that tends to live with you for a long time but at least we now have the chance to put the record straight and show that we , too , can play a bit . |
| 6 | There has n't been one for a long time and that 's all I can say . |
| 7 | I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better . |
| 8 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 9 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 10 | He had been watching her for a long time before she realised he was awake . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 12 | I did n't always agree with her Chopin , and her Liszt was a disaster area , but I 'd listen to her for a long time if it 's Schumann . |
| 13 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
| 14 | But that was only because I 'd lived in it for a long time and I got a discount so the house was really |
| 15 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 16 | I denied it for a long time because I was so determined to make this marriage work , but the reality was that we did n't really care for each other any more , or at least somewhere among all the battles our love had been well and truly buried . |
| 17 | I looked at it for a long time until Marie Claire 's kitchen began to form itself around the pots . |
| 18 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |
| 19 | It has seemed to us for a long time that something special about Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane is called for , and this is an attempt to meet that need . |
| 20 | You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims . |
| 21 | You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims . |
| 22 | You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims . |
| 23 | You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims . |
| 24 | We could hear the V2s thudding down onto London in the far distance , but the sound came over as a far-off double bang , which puzzled us for a long time until someone told us what it was . |
| 25 | The thing is they wo n't be going shopping , they wo n't be doing anything for a long time and she 's |