Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] for a long " in BNC.

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1 I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time .
2 Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time .
3 Have n't seen them for a long time .
4 ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’
5 Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time .
6 Have n't seen you for a long time have you ?
7 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 .
8 It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up .
9 His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement .
10 The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling .
11 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 .
12 I 've suspected it for a long time , but now it 's absolutely dear !
13 Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time .
14 I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one
15 Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time .
16 He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ?
17 No , he 's had it for a long time .
18 He then delivered a heavy hint of the need for reform : ‘ We know the Germans , we 've known them for a long time .
19 The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel .
20 His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time .
21 If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful .
22 It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time .
23 I felt that I had known it for a long time .
24 I had known it for a long time , ever since I had confided to my Mum at age fifteen that I fancied the other girls at school , the ‘ it 's just a phase , ’ syndrome .
25 I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better .
26 No one 's touched it for a long , long time .
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