Example sentences of "she long for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lili , needless to remark , is unhappy : when she is in the heat of the Nile she longs for the mists of England , and vice versa . |
| 2 | She longs for the anguished desolation of a late capitalism that has n't quite worked as her generation dreamed . |
| 3 | For once , she longed for the symphony to end . |
| 4 | Sometimes she longed for the sound of traffic and street cries . |
| 5 | She longed for the silly woman to stop prattling and to blow out the candle . |
| 6 | How she longed for the excitement of blasting away slimy aliens . |
| 7 | She felt the distance from England far more acutely than her preoccupied spouse ; her thoughts were with the children , and , even at this early stage , she longed for the voyage home . |
| 8 | The balls and parties given by the Franklins did little to buoy up her spirits , being , as she described herself , ‘ such a shy , reserved being ’ , and she longed for the quiet , regular family life of home . |
| 9 | She longed for the time I 've just got two in my gardeners . |
| 10 | Already they were aroused and she longed for the water against her overheated skin to caress and tease her further and she longed to plunge in beside Fernando and for him to … |
| 11 | She longed for the thrill of being in his arms , but she did n't trust him , and Dawn 's words of warning still echoed in her mind . |