Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [to-vb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was much happier person because this this she 'd threatened to do for a long time . |
| 2 | And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’ |
| 3 | In the Curragh Affair of 1914 some British officers appeared to claim to stand for a special national interest above that asserted by civilian politicians and their attitude would have been understood by professional soldiers in other countries . |
| 4 | I can dramatize this by discussing the one time when I did try to aim for a distant target . |
| 5 | And now that Lucy had resolved to stay for a few days , she decided to tell her aunt to expect her when she saw her . |
| 6 | They had decided to make for a small river valley in which there was an isolated church reached by a footpath across fields . |
| 7 | Tanay was a leader of the Khalq faction , which had strong support within the armed forces and had tended to press for a military solution to the Afghan civil war . |
| 8 | ‘ Sheisse , ’ he added explosively as if he had at last allowed himself to be convinced of something which he had wanted to believe for a long time . |