The cooks had prepared one of the best meals we'd had in a long time, and on Montero's orders had baked enough bread to last the day.

This time he delayed so long that some of the engages shouted frantically, but they held their fire.

It took him a long time to compose himself.

She studied it for a long time.

Tom had been laying for Aaron McBride for a long time, just waiting to catch him out of line.

Jury, judge and executioner were riding the range in the form of a single unknown figure that could materialize anywhere, at any time, to dispense an ancient brand of justice the men of the new West had believed long outdated.

Yet long before the scheduled time for return, Donovan would be watching for every speck in the sky.

A long time.

My new Aunt was perhaps three or four years older than I and it had been a long time since I had seen as gorgeous a woman who oozed sex.

His long nose wiggled at the smells of frizzling bacon and heating java, but the fire was low, and he wanted to waste no time.

It took a long time before the British tipped the balance.

He had been conning the freights for a long, long time now.

It had been a very long time that had no form and no end.

These polar concerns ( imitation vs. formalism ) reflect a philosophical and religious situation which has been developing over a long period of time.

But that was a long time ago.

He waited a long time.

It has been a long time since he has seen any campaign money, and when the proposition is laid down to him as the friends of Mr. Hearst are laying it down these days he is quite likely to get aboard the Hearst bandwagon ''.

It took Pike a long time to realize what Woodruff had done, and it had a profound effect on him.

`` Baby, I saw a lot of old friends I hadn't seen in a long time '', he told me, his eyes bright.

Later, rising ninety, he was beset by publishers for the story of his life and miracles, as he put it, but, calling himself the Needy Knife-grinder, he had spent his time writing short articles and long letters and could not get even a small popular book done.

He was, of course, in the House for a very long time.

American taxpayers have been impressed by the surpluses for a long, long time.

Another optimistic sign, this one from the Labor Department, was the report that the long rise in unemployment compensation payments `` was interrupted for the first time in the week ending Feb. 25 ''.

One admirer of Tubman said: " She always came in the winter, when the nights are long and dark, and people who have homes stay in them.

Ebert has long been an admirer of director Werner Herzog, whom he supported through many years when Herzog's popularity had been eclipsed.

Bizet was a great admirer of Rossini's music, and wrote not long after their first meeting that " Rossini is the greatest of them all, because like Mozart, he has all the virtues ".

Chaplin was a long time admirer of French comedian Max Linder, who had died in October, 1925, and often borrowed gags and plot devices from Linder's films.

Jeff Buckley, long an admirer of Piaf, gave what he considered the finest performance of his career there in 1995, which was later released in 2001 on Live at L ' Olympia.

Wilhelm Waiblinger, a young poet and admirer, left a poignant account of Hölderlin's day-to-day life during these long, empty years.

In 1921, composer John Alden Carpenter, long an admirer of Herriman's, approached the cartoonist to collaborate on a Krazy Kat ballet.

Being an Anglophile and admirer of the British spirit, Manuel defended the entry of Portugal in the First World War, and its active participation, as well as requesting that monarchists desist from restoration conflicts as long as the War continued.

Although by this time he was an established composer, with a significant body of work, as well as a member or ASCAP, he was nonetheless unable to secure the financial support that he sought from either the Rosenwald Foundation, or a Guggenheim Fellowship, both of which he received endorsement for from the Columbia Records executive, and long time admirer, John Hammond.

On 20 May 1776, King George III, a long time admirer of hers, created her Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon in her own right.

Martin Scorsese, who has long been an admirer of Powell's works, has stated that this film, along with Federico Fellini's 8½, contains all that can be said about directing:

Howe was gracious in defeat, shaking Fisher's hand at the television station, and assuring the member-elect's mother, long a Howe admirer, that there were many things for him to do.

One reason why Amery agreed to stand there under the Liberal Unionist label ( they were to fully merge with the Conservatives the following year ) was that he had been a long time political admirer of Joseph Chamberlain and was an ardent supporter of Tariff Reform and imperial federation.

One of the clerks, who has long been an admirer of the innkeeper's daughter, slips into her bed while she is asleep and, after her fears are overcome, they both enjoy sex together.

Although from the opposition he was a great admirer of Margaret Thatcher long before her rise to power said that " she will one day be Prime Minister "

In 1896, the Iron Palace was bought by John Wanamaker and reopened as “ Wanamaker ’ s .” The Philadelphian Wanamaker, had long been an admirer of Stewart and stated that one of his best qualities was his “ personal attention to the details of the business ...

Manilow was a long time admirer of Phyllis and her work.

As her biographer and long time admirer, Michael Bowen stated in her New York Times obituary, " She was actually rather sexually naive.

Banks-Smith had long been an admirer of The Year of the Sex Olympics, having written in The Sun following its original broadcast in 1968: " Quite apart from the excellent script and the ' big big ' treatment, the play radiated ripples.

Though not a member, Hudaybi had long been an admirer of Banna.

A long admirer of different forms of music from early rock ' n ' roll, blues, jazz and doo-wop, Gaye sought to mix the styles of Nat King Cole, Billy Eckstine, Little Willie John and Jesse Belvin, first getting involved in groups such as the Marquees, which he joined following his honorable discharge from a tenure in the Air Forces, which soon replaced the original members of Harvey Fuqua's group The Moonglows under the moniker, Harvey and the New Moonglows, with Reese Palmer doing most of the leads though Marvin did take some lead vocal parts, including speaking in the intro and ending of the single, " The Twelve Months of the Year ", and sung all lead in the song, " Mama Loochie ".