Example sentences of "[pron] for [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Never get bored with the fact that you 've been with someone for a long time , it 's a good thing , not a bad thing . |
| 32 | A terrible knowledge had been swelling slowly in the Padre 's mind , like a sweet , poisonous fruit , which for a long time he had not dared to taste . |
| 33 | However , it is also evident that much greater co-operation is required between western European countries , which for a long time have been concerned about the environment , and the countries of eastern and central Europe . |
| 34 | Mr is , is , is asking the questions which which for a long time . |
| 35 | Christopher Gill ( Member for Ludlow and a Midlands businessman ) , as has been mentioned in Chapter 6 , has concerned himself for a long time with what were once seen to be obscure constitutional issues of subsidiarity . |
| 36 | Hereabouts you are entering the true spa region of the Pyrenees , the sulphurous haunts of the ‘ curists ’ who for a long time were the principal visitors to these mountains . |
| 37 | If you are the victim of a burglary , the value of the property that has been stolen might be large or small , but the emotional upset and the feeling that someone else has been in your home can live with you for a long time . |
| 38 | It does n't hit you for a long time what you have achieved . |
| 39 | ‘ A lot of people looked for you for a long time . |
| 40 | ‘ It is something that tends to live with you for a long time but at least we now have the chance to put the record straight and show that we , too , can play a bit . |
| 41 | ‘ I 've wanted to see you for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 42 | But no you go up town and get me this you see now she meant that sh sh you know no mampy pampying now , off you go yo you this is going to happen to you for a long time to come . |
| 43 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 44 | You did go to sleep did n't you for a long time ? |
| 45 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 46 | In the Ethiopian revolution no one for a long time knew the fate of Haile Fida , leader of the left-wing Meison group : I only had his death confirmed when the Ethiopian lift-operator in a DC hotel told me he had been in the same cell when Haile was taken out to be shot . |
| 47 | There has n't been one for a long time and that 's all I can say . |
| 48 | I 'd thought about that one for a long time , wondering who Beya and Gabricus were , and had paid little attention to the note in brackets which had been added afterwards : ( Frater mysticus meus . ) |
| 49 | We have n't done this one for a long time have we ? |
| 50 | She stared at him for a long time . |
| 51 | Charsky gazes at him for a long time , sadly . |
| 52 | There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now . |
| 53 | I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better . |
| 54 | If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful . |
| 55 | She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger . |
| 56 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 57 | Then he saw a wonderfully pretty girl who had obviously been watching him for a long time . |
| 58 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
| 59 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 60 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |