Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] for a long " in BNC.

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1 I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day .
2 The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets .
3 An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time .
4 And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me .
5 SAFER THAN I HAD FELT FOR A LONG , LONG TIME
6 The night before , I had gone for a long , lonely walk along the banks of the Tormes , crossing and recrossing the Roman bridge , hoping against hope that I might somehow find you also walking there .
7 I stood staring for a long while .
8 Arthur Leopold of County Cork had taken the picture , and the first time Ellie had tiptoed into the bedroom she had stood for a long time staring at the photograph , because it was the first time she had ever seen the likeness of her dead mother .
9 After all , she had suspected for a long time now that he was aware of the effect he sometimes had on her .
10 It seemed to Tallis that she had smouldered for a long time before finally the fire had taken hold .
11 She had known for a long time now .
12 So we all got very excited because it was the first money we 'd spent for a long time .
13 There had been a bitter dispute in the college ever since a group of young fellows returning after the war had voted many of the old fellows out of the college offices they had held for a long time .
14 At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time .
15 He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself .
16 at last the confirmation of something he had known for a long time .
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