Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [vb pp] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 2 | And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me . |
| 3 | SAFER THAN I HAD FELT FOR A LONG , LONG TIME |
| 4 | The night before , I had gone for a long , lonely walk along the banks of the Tormes , crossing and recrossing the Roman bridge , hoping against hope that I might somehow find you also walking there . |
| 5 | Arthur Leopold of County Cork had taken the picture , and the first time Ellie had tiptoed into the bedroom she had stood for a long time staring at the photograph , because it was the first time she had ever seen the likeness of her dead mother . |
| 6 | After all , she had suspected for a long time now that he was aware of the effect he sometimes had on her . |
| 7 | It seemed to Tallis that she had smouldered for a long time before finally the fire had taken hold . |
| 8 | She had known for a long time now . |
| 9 | There had been a bitter dispute in the college ever since a group of young fellows returning after the war had voted many of the old fellows out of the college offices they had held for a long time . |
| 10 | At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time . |
| 11 | He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself . |
| 12 | at last the confirmation of something he had known for a long time . |