Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] long for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays we live in less saintly times and I long for someone to help me with my ironing . |
| 2 | And I long for your gentle touch , |
| 3 | If you were working , though , the thing reversed itself : and you longed for the office lights to blink out , and the old Smith-Corona to die under your fingertips … |
| 4 | It had meant so much to her and she longed for his compassion again , but it was too late now for him to be told about Angel . |
| 5 | And now although her whole body cried out for fulfilment and she longed for Joss Barnet to complete what he had surely come to do , she knew that she must not let it happen . |
| 6 | The combination of a large meal and physical tiredness made the thought of sleep irresistible , and she longed for her bunk . |
| 7 | The balls and parties given by the Franklins did little to buoy up her spirits , being , as she described herself , ‘ such a shy , reserved being ’ , and she longed for the quiet , regular family life of home . |
| 8 | Already they were aroused and she longed for the water against her overheated skin to caress and tease her further and she longed to plunge in beside Fernando and for him to … |
| 9 | There was no escape from it and we longed for the luxury of sun glasses or a peaked cap . |
| 10 | But Antony felt his life was still too indulgent and he longed for more complete mortification . |
| 11 | More than that : he had himself sprung from the upper working class and naturally despised as unclean the lower working class : his life was made a misery by their proximity , and he longed for them to be evicted or murder each other in one of their not infrequent rows . |
| 12 | We are all special to him , and he longs for each of us to enter into the space and privileges of his home . |
| 13 | He feels his faithful services are not valued , and he longs for death . |
| 14 | But she longed for a little more excitement , and fell for the glitter of work as a croupier in one of the city 's casinos . |