Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] a long " in BNC.

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31 A friend of mine found this out when he brought a video back with him after a long weekend in Amsterdam .
32 The blue eyes bored into her for a long moment , and she fought the urge to look away from his coldly penetrating look .
33 It is a growing problem partly and one that is likely to be with us for a long time .
34 It is likely to be with us for a long time to come . ’
35 And I remember to this day , though I was so small , that mother was very angry with me , for unclothing myself before the servant , who was a very nice girl who had been with us for a long time .
36 Leslie had a very good lot of men in his section , some of them had been with us for a long time .
37 Of course the phenomenological approach has been with us for a long time , and has been the primary source of evidence in the psychoanalytic tradition .
38 Well we all know from our own history books that fire has been with us for a long long time has n't it ?
39 Within a month of the start of the war it was beginning to appreciate its mistake , but the consequences will be with us for a long time to come .
40 You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims .
41 You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims .
42 You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims .
43 You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims .
44 What distinguishes the companies still with us after a long period of recession is that they are lucky — they do not seem to have been hit by the unexpected .
45 It 's great , cos the water 's warm , and I fill up the sink and keep my hands in it for a long time .
46 No in in your memory , of course , you 've been involved in it for a long time , have n't you ?
47 But that was only because I 'd lived in it for a long time and I got a discount so the house was really
48 He has n't been in it for a long time .
49 It is true that it has been forecast as being upon us for a long time , but things are now really moving in some areas .
50 We talked about her for a long time , and I think our Chairman was impressed .
51 These were the seductive amusements of my youth : they have clung to me through a long life , and they are now the solace of my old age . ’
52 Sometimes skipper Geoff Boycott would come up to me during a long spell and ask if I was feeling OK to continue .
53 The above account was written to me in a long , beautifully typed letter .
54 I had to work on them for a long time .
55 She turned to him , pressing her mouth to his in a long , drugging kiss , while her hands slid tantalisingly over his hips in a blatant invitation .
56 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 .
57 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 .
58 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 .
59 wishes to retire as Editor after the May issue of Medau News , and our thanks go to her for a long and excellent Editorship .
60 I paid every attention to her during a long sickness and , a short time before her death , she requested that I should make a mummy of her body , and keep her beside me — I have kept my word . ’
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