Example sentences of "i long for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I long for the protection of a written constitution like that of the US with its First Amendment , which elevates freedom of expression above freedom to hide from intellectual challenge , or even vulgar verbal abuse . |
| 2 | I long for Anglican churches to be more confident in their expression of the Good News . |
| 3 | But to have a multiple personality , in which one self may suddenly be overthrown by another and one mind may be torn in several different directions is sometimes so intolerable , I long for extinction . |
| 4 | Nowadays we live in less saintly times and I long for someone to help me with my ironing . |
| 5 | A S THIS campaign rumbles on I long for John Major to stand up either on his soapbox ( which is really a box for transporting Central Office typewriters but no matter ) or on one of the Conservative Party 's all-singing , all-dancing stage sets , and say : ‘ I have brought you a dramatic drop in the rate of inflation . |
| 6 | I long for a blockbuster that 's also good writing . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ How I long for a return to wingers , all-out attack — and entertainment . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ My God , ’ he choked , ‘ how I long for that day ! ’ |
| 9 | I long for the day when those in authority will be united in a common quest to win the lost without worrying about the style of Anglican worship ; when they will see that a prime means to evangelise our nation will be to plant churches and encourage it without worrying about parochial boundaries . |
| 10 | I long for all my people their lives to humbly search . |
| 11 | I long for being in real contact with them . |
| 12 | And I long for your gentle touch , |
| 13 | I long for a more matter-of-fact , common sense approach to environmental action . |
| 14 | I long for my canvas and easel where I am my own master and the world is my own . ’ |
| 15 | Do you know , I long for a family more than anything in the world ? ’ she blurted out with an intense yearning . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , I do n't mind , ’ said Ianthe , watching an old woman watering plants on a nearby roof ‘ How I long for a cup of tea ! ’ she went on , coming back into the room . |
| 17 | Everything that torments me , everything I do n't have and that I long for , that makes me indignant , or sick , or suffocates me , everything that gives me a feeling of light and warmth , and by which I live , and everything that destroys me — it 's all there in your film , I see it as if in a mirror . |
| 18 | I long for them not to be there . |
| 19 | I long for his unwashed eyes . |