Example sentences of "i [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
| 2 | She 'll stay with me for a long time . ’ |
| 3 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
| 4 | She would not argue , she would not say anything , she would not look at me for a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ She has worked for me for a long time . |
| 6 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 7 | So it 's a thing that stayed with me for a long time . |
| 8 | Felipe sat with me for a long time . |
| 9 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 10 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 11 | Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Sometimes skipper Geoff Boycott would come up to me during a long spell and ask if I was feeling OK to continue . |
| 14 | ‘ Did you ever take drugs ? ’ the senator asked me after a long silence . |
| 15 | He frowned at me with a long look in which I read nothing . |
| 16 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm angry because — because you think you can add me to a long line of women notched on your belt . |