Example sentences of "[prep] she [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her voice trailed away completely as he reached lazily towards her with a long arm . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | My brother was with her for a long while . |
| 5 | The blue eyes bored into her for a long moment , and she fought the urge to look away from his coldly penetrating look . |
| 6 | We talked about her for a long time , and I think our Chairman was impressed . |
| 7 | Sheila talks to her mother about the situation and her mother says the social workers are quite right ; Sheila was heavy-handed with the children and has had this coming to her for a long time . |
| 8 | I did n't always agree with her Chopin , and her Liszt was a disaster area , but I 'd listen to her for a long time if it 's Schumann . |
| 9 | wishes to retire as Editor after the May issue of Medau News , and our thanks go to her for a long and excellent Editorship . |
| 10 | I paid every attention to her during a long sickness and , a short time before her death , she requested that I should make a mummy of her body , and keep her beside me — I have kept my word . ’ |
| 11 | She was n't at all surprised , though , when Stephen spoke to her after a long telephone conversation with Robert Leyton , later that evening . |
| 12 | As they stood patiently in a doorway waiting for the column to pass , Catherine turned to say something to McLeish and he looked down at her for a long moment . |
| 13 | I gazed at her for a long time , slowly enraptured . |
| 14 | Evelyn looked at her for a long moment . |
| 15 | He took another step backwards and stared at her for a long moment before saying , ‘ This is the last time I 'll ever look on you willingly . ’ |
| 16 | He stared down at her for a long moment , his mouth very close to her own . |
| 17 | He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time . |
| 18 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 19 | He looked at her for a long , silent moment , and Merrill dragged her gaze away with difficulty , maddened by her erratic heartbeat . |
| 20 | He gazed down at her for a long moment , then shook his head in disbelief . |
| 21 | Mr Braybrooke looked at her for a long moment . |
| 22 | He gazed down at her for a long moment , studying her features as if trying to re-gather his thoughts . |
| 23 | She spoke with such soft intensity that he stared at her for a long , thoughtful moment . |
| 24 | He stared at her for a long , shuttered moment , then wordlessly climbed out of the car and walked slowly round to her door . |
| 25 | The other woman stared at her for a long moment , then , with great dignity , collected up the papers lying on the desk in front of her and got to her feet . |
| 26 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he walked slowly towards her . |
| 27 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he reached out and slid his hand under her hair , around the nape of her neck . |
| 28 | He stared at her for a long moment , and then he turned , stuffed his hands into his trouser pockets , and stared out over the lake . |