Example sentences of "[prep] he for [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time . |
| 2 | There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now . |
| 3 | Father Poole stared at him for a long while . |
| 4 | She stared at him for a long time . |
| 5 | Charsky gazes at him for a long time , sadly . |
| 6 | She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger . |
| 7 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
| 8 | She gazed at him for a long time without being able to bring the appropriate words to her lips . |
| 9 | She stared at him for a long moment wondering if in her indignation she had hurt his feelings , but his eyes were narrowed and she could not read his expression . |
| 10 | She stared at him for a long moment before she took in what he had said . |