Example sentences of "longed for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We must get on the road at once , ’ said Cameron , still diplomatic , while Menzies longed for a hot drink . |
| 2 | All through this conversation he had the impression that Frank no longer sneered ; and as he went back to Liverpool he was sure that he was more tolerant and sympathetic and ‘ was willing to grant that there was some sense in some of the things which I longed for him to share ’ . |
| 3 | Garbett said that he thought it would be right to go to London , for the sake of the Church ; that he longed for him to come to York , for the sake of himself , he wanted Ramsey as his successor . |
| 4 | She longed for a weapon , for even a hairpin , and knowing that she did not have one , she knew too that she was totally defenceless , unarmed and alone . |
| 5 | How I longed for this , inspired by the word ‘ flatter . ’ |
| 6 | I missed my parents ; I longed for my home and my sisters . |
| 7 | Privacy ; Erika longed for it herself , often , but it occurred to her , for the first time , that her mother might long for it , too , might want it and , indeed , need it , and it dawned on her , also for the first time , that her mother had never had any privacy since the end of the War ; that all her life since then she had lived in small apartments , actually in one small room for long periods , and sharing even that room with others … . |
| 8 | She longed for something to do other than trudge the glorious , heather-clad grouse moors . |
| 9 | Mr and Mrs Currer Briggs longed for that combination of romance and practicality which the Arts and Crafts Movement promised . |
| 10 | He longed for London Land , with gas lamps still flickering in the dusk , horse-drawn cabs clattering across the cobblestones , criminals no scarier than little boys scrounging for their supper . |
| 11 | How I longed for a Smith & Wesson . |
| 12 | For once , she longed for the symphony to end . |
| 13 | Ridiculously , he longed for the attic room and the sound of ‘ The Keel Row ’ , as if they were home . |
| 14 | ( Secretly , however , I longed for my own perch back ; I could not seem to settle anywhere . |
| 15 | How I longed for the ruler to point to me ! |
| 16 | She longed for his bright world to be opened up to her . |
| 17 | Charity said she longed for bangers and mash and mugs of hot sweet tea , but Mona , who had been watching events with a twinkling eye , said rubbish , she 'd send over to Fortnum 's for a hamper . |
| 18 | With the mother and father , whose knowledge of English was vestigial , he managed rather better , but longed for a rest from mental agility , for a bed to sleep away the exhaustion of his night and a day on the long Lines of Communication from England . |
| 19 | Pilade was asleep , leaving her arms free for the precious embrace she longed for . |
| 20 | ‘ He still made tremendous efforts , but he could never get up the courage to criticise what I was doing , which was what I longed for , ’ says Richard . |
| 21 | ‘ I longed for him to say ‘ Do n't do this ’ but all he would say was ‘ Wonderful ’ . |
| 22 | Every moment I was in a fever of anxiety lest I should be missing , by so much as a second , the vital news I both longed for and dreaded . |
| 23 | Little wonder it is acclaimed in song and story and longed for by the expatriate Scot ! |
| 24 | He longed for rest but knew that he had to keep moving , and hauling on the line , he got his hands on to the taffrail and vaulted into the cockpit . |
| 25 | Shaw longed for a settled home such as Wells had at Sandgate . |
| 26 | There was an eager murmur , for something in his voice promised the action they all longed for . |
| 27 | There was no escape from it and we longed for the luxury of sun glasses or a peaked cap . |
| 28 | If you were working , though , the thing reversed itself : and you longed for the office lights to blink out , and the old Smith-Corona to die under your fingertips … |
| 29 | I longed for some . |
| 30 | Much as we longed for another child , and overjoyed as we were that we were to have another daughter , we both said that it was the hardest thing we had ever done , to see a lovely young mother say goodbye to her daughter . |