Example sentences of "[prep] [prep] so long " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I looked through the viewer I had the feeling , momentarily , that it really was what I had dreamed about for so long , a sort of crystal ball in which I could call up everything I had ever known . |
| 2 | What do they find to talk about for so long ? ’ |
| 3 | I used to wonder what on earth people found to talk about for so long , and on the occasion when I was called to a neighbour 's telephone in Baldersdale , I was so uneasy that someone had to hold it to my ear . |
| 4 | ‘ This is what I 've dreamt of for so long … ’ |
| 5 | He was delighted , of course , that the objective he and his colleagues had worked towards for so long was finally approaching , but it was disheartening to see such damage and disruption being inflicted on what was , after all , his home . |
| 6 | Kenneth Oxford , the Chief Constable of Merseyside , prophesies that ‘ the freedom and way of life we have been accustomed to for so long will vanish ’ . |
| 7 | It 's very agreeable to be able to reach down and offer someone a helping hand — particularly someone he has looked up to for so long . |
| 8 | It was difficult to deny the belief she 'd held on to for so long . |
| 9 | I had given up a good job to go there and when I came back after the adventure I had looked forward to for so long , I was very disappointed with myself . |
| 10 | When Vincent wrote impulsively to congratulate Mauve on completing the big work he had laboured at for so long , he got no reply . |