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

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1 Her voice trailed away completely as he reached lazily towards her with a long arm .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 My brother was with her for a long while .
5 It stayed with her throughout the long and endlessly delayed journey across France .
6 He had sat with her in the long dark evenings , had made sure she ate at mealtimes .
7 The blue eyes bored into her for a long moment , and she fought the urge to look away from his coldly penetrating look .
8 For she was old when Tabitha Jute first set eyes upon her , when she dragged the tarpaulins from her in the long grass of that neglected vineyard .
9 We talked about her for a long time , and I think our Chairman was impressed .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 wishes to retire as Editor after the May issue of Medau News , and our thanks go to her for a long and excellent Editorship .
13 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 . ’
14 She was n't at all surprised , though , when Stephen spoke to her after a long telephone conversation with Robert Leyton , later that evening .
15 She pulled him down beside her in the long grass , and smiled shyly at him as she undressed .
16 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 .
17 I gazed at her for a long time , slowly enraptured .
18 Evelyn looked at her for a long moment .
19 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 . ’
20 He stared down at her for a long moment , his mouth very close to her own .
21 He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time .
22 Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment .
23 He looked at her for a long , silent moment , and Merrill dragged her gaze away with difficulty , maddened by her erratic heartbeat .
24 He gazed down at her for a long moment , then shook his head in disbelief .
25 Mr Braybrooke looked at her for a long moment .
26 He gazed down at her for a long moment , studying her features as if trying to re-gather his thoughts .
27 She spoke with such soft intensity that he stared at her for a long , thoughtful moment .
28 He stared at her for a long , shuttered moment , then wordlessly climbed out of the car and walked slowly round to her door .
29 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 .
30 He looked at her for a long moment , and then he walked slowly towards her .
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