Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute . |
2 | We do n't say nothing for a long time . |
3 | She said nothing for a long time , then shook her head . |
4 | Nothing for a long time like the five hundred . |
5 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
6 | She 'll stay with me for a long time . ’ |
7 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
8 | She would not argue , she would not say anything , she would not look at me for a long time . |
9 | ‘ She has worked for me for a long time . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | So it 's a thing that stayed with me for a long time . |
12 | Felipe sat with me for a long time . |
13 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
14 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
15 | Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment . |
16 | He then delivered a heavy hint of the need for reform : ‘ We know the Germans , we 've known them for a long time . |
17 | We 've already been working closely with them for a long time because of the shared ownership . |
18 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
19 | She looked at them for a long time . |
20 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
21 | I have n't seen one of them for a long time |
22 | I had to work on them for a long time . |
23 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
24 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
25 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time . |
29 | ‘ I have n't done any of them for a long time . |
30 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |