Example sentences of "[prep] [art] long time he " in BNC.

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1 He admired the company 's pre-war products — efficient little sports cars with something of the modern Lotus spirit about them — more than any other car , and for a long time he used Astons on the road .
2 For a long time he was obsessed by the image of them in bed together .
3 For a long time he gazed into the depths of the rice , muttering .
4 For a long time he had held the envelope in his chubby fingers and close to his face .
5 In time Michael too came to accept their centrality , although for a long time he asked when he could go home to his parents .
6 My husband thought they were a failure and felt embarrassed about them , and for a long time he would n't let me see them .
7 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 .
8 For a long time he said nothing .
9 For a long time he discussed with his lords in private what should be done with me .
10 For a long time he remained bent over his hands without uttering any form of prayer .
11 For a long time he remained motionless like this , his body arched backward , his teeth clenched , his lips drawn back in a silent rictus of ecstatic agony .
12 For a long time he stood in front of the town map , gazing at it as though he would memorise its every feature , and when he turned away it was to ask for a cup of coffee .
13 For a long time he had wondered about the history of this little family , now it looked as though he was going to find out .
14 But , before he was able to put a name to it , something hit him on the back of the head , and for a long time he knew no more .
15 For a long time he lay awake , feeling the vibration of Garvey 's snores clear through the trembling planks .
16 But surely to if you 've been working with your partner for a long time he 's gon na it anyway
17 For a long time he held the photograph , fingering it gently , careful not to mark it , and then he pinned it to the cork-board on the wall .
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