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

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1 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 . ’
2 Sometimes skipper Geoff Boycott would come up to me during a long spell and ask if I was feeling OK to continue .
3 The above account was written to me in a long , beautifully typed letter .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 wishes to retire as Editor after the May issue of Medau News , and our thanks go to her for a long and excellent Editorship .
9 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 . ’
10 She was n't at all surprised , though , when Stephen spoke to her after a long telephone conversation with Robert Leyton , later that evening .
11 We all lived on top of each other and at any time one of us was probably irritated in some way by one of the others , but Tom seemed to hold on to it for a long time , never expressing his resentment until he just flipped into despising somebody .
12 I know I have n't anything to offer her and that it might be years before I could afford to run a house and give her the kind of life style she 's used to , so I would n't expect Sir Philip to agree to it for a long while . ’
13 ‘ I fell for him at once and he seemed attracted to me , but that was all there was to it for a long time .
14 We have been looking forward to it for a long time , ’ said one oilman .
15 I shut my eyes and hold my lace to hers for a long time .
16 It has seemed to us for a long time that something special about Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane is called for , and this is an attempt to meet that need .
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