Example sentences of "i longed for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | How I longed for this , inspired by the word ‘ flatter . ’ |
| 3 | I missed my parents ; I longed for my home and my sisters . |
| 4 | How I longed for a Smith & Wesson . |
| 5 | ( Secretly , however , I longed for my own perch back ; I could not seem to settle anywhere . |
| 6 | How I longed for the ruler to point to me ! |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I longed for him to say ‘ Do n't do this ’ but all he would say was ‘ Wonderful ’ . |
| 9 | I longed for some . |
| 10 | I longed for the emotional and social cushion of the hareem which would have softened the impact of the days . |
| 11 | Having been wintered out on the heterosexual plains of Ipswich I longed for the company of other dykes . |
| 12 | There was nothing I longed for more than to get into my car , slam the door behind me , close out this looming world of rage and violence . |
| 13 | I longed for a story of mine to be given that accolade . |
| 14 | concrete stairs and , George nearly killed himself on them one morning , but er , and we tried everything to get out of there you know , no one would exchange a two bedroom maisonette for a house and of course I longed for a garden , but , and er George got a job in Hatfield and they offered this three bedroom house The Commission for The New Town , rent was cheaper than here , so we moved over there , but er , as I say we were only there two , three years and we came back again , we were over here , we used to come over here three times a week , when we lived there did n't we ? |
| 15 | I longed for company and felt unreasonably deserted . |
| 16 | Personally I longed for human society and for exercise ( a good long tramp , for example ) , but no doubt Odilo had his reasons . |
| 17 | How I had despised his brutishness then , and how I longed for his toughness , his uncomplicated , animal certainty now . |
| 18 | Last term , all through the Coronation festivities , all through the exams , I longed for the holidays when I would see her . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , Guy , if you only knew how I longed for you , how I dreamed that one day you would rescue me . ’ |
| 20 | I longed for the sweet delights of eternity , and I gave my soul over to love Christ with every ounce of my power … |
| 21 | I set traps for you , and you seemed to fall into them — that is , you reacted as I longed for you to react , but you were n't supposed to react at all because you were n't supposed to feel anything for me ! |