Example sentences of "[pers pn] for a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | My brother was with her for a long while . |
| 62 | I gazed at her for a long time , slowly enraptured . |
| 63 | His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time . |
| 64 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 65 | We talked about her for a long time , and I think our Chairman was impressed . |
| 66 | It was about time she stopped feeling sorry for herself , the hurt and pain of losing mam would be with her for a long time , but Hari knew she could not let her grief incapacitate her , if she did not mend and make shoes she did not eat . |
| 67 | She would have liked to take the girl in her arms and hold her for a long time . |
| 68 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 69 | Sheila talks to her mother about the situation and her mother says the social workers are quite right ; Sheila was heavy-handed with the children and has had this coming to her for a long time . |
| 70 | I did n't always agree with her Chopin , and her Liszt was a disaster area , but I 'd listen to her for a long time if it 's Schumann . |
| 71 | ‘ From what you 've told me , I do n't think we 'll see her for a long time unless your Mr Wyatt finds them , and while he thinks you are Dana he wo n't be looking very hard , will he ? ’ |
| 72 | His eyes , glittering with rage , bored into hers for one deadly moment ; then he was out of the office before she could move , and minutes later the showroom door closed with a precision she knew would remain with her for a long time . |
| 73 | He had been watching her for a long time before she realised he was awake . |
| 74 | He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair . |
| 75 | 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 . |
| 76 | Oh no , we 'll pay to keep her for a long time |
| 77 | This is not going to disappear overnight , it 's going to affect her for a long time , and she 's never going to catch up on the work that she 's missed over the last couple of months by having seven teachers in six weeks . |
| 78 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 79 | As they stood patiently in a doorway waiting for the column to pass , Catherine turned to say something to McLeish and he looked down at her for a long moment . |
| 80 | Evelyn looked at her for a long moment . |
| 81 | He took another step backwards and stared at her for a long moment before saying , ‘ This is the last time I 'll ever look on you willingly . ’ |
| 82 | He stared down at her for a long moment , his mouth very close to her own . |
| 83 | He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time . |
| 84 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 85 | His eyes were ice-bright , and pierced her like twin blades as he regarded her for a long moment . |
| 86 | The blue eyes bored into her for a long moment , and she fought the urge to look away from his coldly penetrating look . |
| 87 | He gazed down at her for a long moment , then shook his head in disbelief . |
| 88 | Mr Braybrooke looked at her for a long moment . |
| 89 | He gazed down at her for a long moment , studying her features as if trying to re-gather his thoughts . |
| 90 | The other woman stared at her for a long moment , then , with great dignity , collected up the papers lying on the desk in front of her and got to her feet . |