Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 At the same time as I was writing some correspondence ( including the note to you ) , I was attempting to organise the hand-over of certain severely disturbed patients to various colleagues who were to assume responsibility for them during the long vacation .
2 Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute .
3 We do n't say nothing for a long time .
4 She said nothing for a long time , then shook her head .
5 Nothing for a long time like the five hundred .
6 ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time .
7 She 'll stay with me for a long time . ’
8 The policeman looked at me for a long time .
9 She would not argue , she would not say anything , she would not look at me for a long time .
10 ‘ She has worked for me for a long time .
11 Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation .
12 So it 's a thing that stayed with me for a long time .
13 Felipe sat with me for a long time .
14 The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel .
15 I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time .
16 Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment .
17 He then delivered a heavy hint of the need for reform : ‘ We know the Germans , we 've known them for a long time .
18 We 've already been working closely with them for a long time because of the shared ownership .
19 Have n't seen them for a long time .
20 She looked at them for a long time .
21 ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time .
22 I have n't seen one of them for a long time
23 I had to work on them for a long time .
24 I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’
25 ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’
26 Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time .
30 ‘ I have n't done any of them for a long time .
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