Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] for a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
2 | ‘ She has worked for me for a long time . |
3 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Some people have felt that this borrowing from Dorothy and others shows a certain egotism on Wordsworth 's part , but it was his method as an artist to absorb things into himself , and think of them for a long period before writing them down ; nor is it necessary to maintain , in any case , that the ‘ I ’ of a Wordsworth poem is necessarily the poet himself — it may stand as a universal shorthand symbol with which the reader can equally identify . |
6 | I have n't seen one of them for a long time |
7 | ‘ I have n't done any of them for a long time . |
8 | I have n't had one of them for a long time . |
9 | Could do with one of them for a long time , could n't I ? |
10 | Likely any car would have traces of it for a long time . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | ‘ A lot of people looked for you for a long time . |
13 | He wrote this book , he started Traidcraft off , he was the person who was i his brainchild , he was the driving force behind it for a long time . |
14 | She 'll stay with me for a long time . ’ |
15 | So it 's a thing that stayed with me for a long time . |
16 | Felipe sat with me for a long time . |
17 | We 've already been working closely with them for a long time because of the shared ownership . |
18 | But I do n't think people , some people like you to chat with them for a long time , other people they just like you to serve the , so they can go . |
19 | But because mistakes are expensive and we have to live with them for a long time we tend to play safe and go for rather bland schemes . |
20 | Never get bored with the fact that you 've been with someone for a long time , it 's a good thing , not a bad thing . |
21 | If you are the victim of a burglary , the value of the property that has been stolen might be large or small , but the emotional upset and the feeling that someone else has been in your home can live with you for a long time . |
22 | ‘ 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 . |
23 | My brother was with her for a long while . |
24 | It was about time she stopped feeling sorry for herself , the hurt and pain of losing mam would be with her for a long time , but Hari knew she could not let her grief incapacitate her , if she did not mend and make shoes she did not eat . |
25 | His eyes , glittering with rage , bored into hers for one deadly moment ; then he was out of the office before she could move , and minutes later the showroom door closed with a precision she knew would remain with her for a long time . |
26 | The blue eyes bored into her for a long moment , and she fought the urge to look away from his coldly penetrating look . |
27 | It is a growing problem partly and one that is likely to be with us for a long time . |
28 | It is likely to be with us for a long time to come . ’ |
29 | And I remember to this day , though I was so small , that mother was very angry with me , for unclothing myself before the servant , who was a very nice girl who had been with us for a long time . |
30 | Leslie had a very good lot of men in his section , some of them had been with us for a long time . |