Example sentences of "long time i " in BNC.

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1 The longest time I have ever been alone with her .
2 ‘ The reason I do n't have a band is that for the longest time I 've been disgusted with the mode that the American independent scene operates in and I do n't want to be associated with that .
3 For a long time I sat out on the crumbling turf , with the blue distances below , and warm sun lying over this lovely autumn land .
4 For a long time I just could not face wearing them at home .
5 For a long time I never realised how badly paid and overworked I was , but what made me feel bad in those days was the rudeness and lack of respect with which I and other Asian women were treated by the supervisors .
6 And when I saw all of them after such a long time I did n't like to go back again , really I did n't want to at all .
7 With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid .
8 On that day we became friends , yet for a long time I kept my distance , afraid even to shake hands with him .
9 But to tell the truth , for a long time I 've been slightly lost as a dealer .
10 Mary , who now combines her psychology practice with astrological counselling , said : ‘ As a psychologist , for a long time I had been aware of a lack , that this science did not give the whole of the picture .
11 For a long time I walked with my eyes on the ground , watching my feet sinking interminably into the snow .
12 ‘ For a long time I was feeling really lonely and wondering what they were doing , ’ she said .
13 For a long time I had it in mind to write a story contrasting the fates of Eck and his British counterpart .
14 With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly .
15 ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says .
16 For a long time I did not know whether the notes I was accumulating would be published one day , but that did not deter me .
17 For a long time I have had a desire to understand better the behaviour and movements of wild birds and animals , and in the absence of the time ( and probably the dedication ) to undertake a proper study , I decided on a simple ploy which , I hoped , would get some results in the fullness of time .
18 For a long time I assumed she was joking , but not only was I wrong , I was also ignorant of the hard facts of life about the value of students with special needs and the staff who work with them .
19 Then after a long time I got up with the help of a friend .
20 ‘ For a long time I did n't want children , and then I wanted them .
21 Turner is one of my favourite painters , but for a long time I have had a theory that he had " wide-angle eyes " that filled the camera with distorted shapes .
22 I was kidding myself for such a long time I began to ignore the risks .
23 After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair .
24 After a long time I said , " Do you want me to leave you alone ? "
25 For a long time I was not exactly sure what I wanted from Project 81 .
26 It was as easy as anything , and for a long time I , I felt well at least I can get in that way and then I thought oh maybe I should , you know doing , doing anything about it , but now I always go out of the other door
27 For a long time I was afraid that he had survived the raids of the Khabiris on our last outposts in the north ; but an infantry captain who had known him managed to make his way back to the Southern Capital and contacted my steward .
28 ‘ For a long time I hated you very much , ’ she said slowly .
29 ‘ For a long time I thought I did , ’ she confided softly .
30 Quite a long time I would have start probably with more than thirty years ago , because me Mum always make cheese and I just thought making when I was still a girl at the school and since we came here and farmed on me own behalf well twenty six years we 've been making cheeses here .
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