Example sentences of "i have [vb pp] 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 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
8 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
9 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
10 | first thing I 've had for a long time is er that . |
11 | I wonder — I 've wondered for a long time — was I right , or was I wrong ? |
12 | Archbishop Eames said : ‘ I have believed for a long time there is a crying need for the Churches to examine the problem of sectarianism in depth . |
13 | I will feel a greater feeling of personal well being … a greater feeling of personal safety … and security … than I have felt for a long , long time . |
14 | ‘ I have felt for a long time that the only way this issue was going to be resolved was to have it fixed on a political level — that it would n't just fade away . |
15 | On a video-film made at Highlander entitled ‘ Save our Land and People , ’ a variety of these groups speak to each other about their own problems and possible solutions , hopes and fears , and I think it is no accident that some of the most beautiful music and evocative songs which I have heard for a long time comes from these people . |
16 | ‘ Marcus is the best young athlete and talent I have seen for a long time , ’ said Allison . |
17 | If you saw it over the weekend I mean there was I think it was group sex er it was it wa was gay sex and it was all going on I mean it was all I thought it was the most exciting thing I have seen for a long time to be quite honest . |
18 | This has been one of the best Friday debates that I have attended for a long time . |
19 | This is a pity because his book was one of the most interesting textbooks I have read for a long time . |
20 | It was the best experience I have had for a long time . ’ |