Example sentences of "[pron] for a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute . |
| 2 | We do n't say nothing for a long time . |
| 3 | She said nothing for a long time , then shook her head . |
| 4 | Nothing for a long time like the five hundred . |
| 5 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
| 6 | She 'll stay with me for a long time . ’ |
| 7 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
| 8 | She would not argue , she would not say anything , she would not look at me for a long time . |
| 9 | ‘ She has worked for me for a long time . |
| 10 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 11 | So it 's a thing that stayed with me for a long time . |
| 12 | Felipe sat with me for a long time . |
| 13 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 14 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 15 | Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment . |
| 16 | He then delivered a heavy hint of the need for reform : ‘ We know the Germans , we 've known them for a long time . |
| 17 | We 've already been working closely with them for a long time because of the shared ownership . |
| 18 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 19 | She looked at them for a long time . |
| 20 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
| 21 | I have n't seen one of them for a long time |
| 22 | I had to work on them for a long time . |
| 23 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 25 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 26 | But I do n't think people , some people like you to chat with them for a long time , other people they just like you to serve the , so they can go . |
| 27 | But because mistakes are expensive and we have to live with them for a long time we tend to play safe and go for rather bland schemes . |
| 28 | I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time . |
| 29 | ‘ I have n't done any of them for a long time . |
| 30 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |