Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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1 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
2 | ‘ I 've wanted to see you for a long time , ’ he said . |
3 | I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time . |
4 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
5 | Oh no , we 'll pay to keep her for a long time |
6 | A chap named , ooh , Harry , he used to keep it for a long while , and er then of course , th the post office was on the er , opposite side of the road to where it is now . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | The org the organist used to carry it for a long way . |
9 | English family relationships are said to be less strong than those of Asians , but most English people would be deeply shocked if their grandmother or grandfather , coming to visit them , or their young brother or sister , was held in detention by people with quasi-police powers , accused of lying and then sent back ; or if their husband or wife , coming to join them after a long separation , was further delayed for years and then told that they were not the people they claimed to be and hence had no right to come at all . |
10 | Well you just need to ask her for a long of it anyway . |
11 | No one had bothered to wind it for a long time ; the two hands were clasped together as if in prayer , pointing eternally upwards — either to heaven or to twelve o'clock . |
12 | The water for drinking they used to collect from the gutters and erm it used to go into big barrels and then they used to boil it for a long while . |
13 | Well , I am here , Lizzie , in order to prepare myself for a long day tomorrow , which I think is a wise decision , do n't you ? ’ |