Example sentences of "for a long time [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a long time they had led a life of measured grace ; regular sedate walks with their mistress , superb food in ample quantities and long snoring sessions on the rugs and armchairs . |
| 2 | For a long time he had held the envelope in his chubby fingers and close to his face . |
| 3 | A terrible knowledge had been swelling slowly in the Padre 's mind , like a sweet , poisonous fruit , which for a long time he had not dared to taste . |
| 4 | For a long time he had wondered about the history of this little family , now it looked as though he was going to find out . |
| 5 | For a long time it had been accepted that humans could not survive on worlds which were in orbit around any sun which was capable of being classed as a red giant . |
| 6 | For a long time she had thought they referred to a mother and a female baby bear . |
| 7 | For a long time she had been out of control , unable to cope with the everyday demands of her new royal role . |
| 8 | For a long time she had not been able to face many of her friends . |
| 9 | For a long time she had been unaware of anything lacking , but recently she had started feeling somehow … adrift . |
| 10 | Mary , who now combines her psychology practice with astrological counselling , said : ‘ As a psychologist , for a long time I had been aware of a lack , that this science did not give the whole of the picture . |
| 11 | For a long time I had it in mind to write a story contrasting the fates of Eck and his British counterpart . |