Example sentences of "for [art] long time [coord] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I lived in America for a long time and I can see through the glossy image-making of his campaign , I think . |
| 2 | Madame la Comtesse , I have been in love with Mademoiselle your daughter for a long time and I wish to make her my wife . |
| 3 | Looking immaculate in a bright red suit she said : ‘ I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time and I am glad to have been a part of it . ’ |
| 4 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 5 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 7 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
| 8 | So it 's a pleasure really , I think it 's true , I think there are very many people who undermine and er undervalue the contribution made by people who have been in politics for a long time and I think what they also forget is the level of commitment that these people have put in over many many years . |
| 9 | I 've known Becky for a long time and I never thought she 'd go public with what is a private afffair … it may in part be naivity … but I think some of it was vengence . |
| 10 | But that was only because I 'd lived in it for a long time and I got a discount so the house was really |
| 11 | And when I , I mean when I , I actu actually felt quite emotional cos I 'd not been to Park to see a match for a long time and I mean we 're living up here erm , and er , I just felt quite emotional when I got out and saw that lovely pitch it was in perfect |
| 12 | He was like just being an adviser , he was n't like trying to design it , and I looked at it all for a long time and I said Bembo , which I had never heard of . |