Smith contends that he has no great longing to return to power forward.

At any rate he felt a great longing to go.

Suddenly he had a great longing to be back there, to see blue sky and drifting clouds.

A great longing took possession of her to step forward and speak to him, but she restrained herself almost by force.

A great longing came over them for the faces and voices of their companions.

And I have a great longing to involve myself in film.

A great longing for the old days when the trees could talk in Narnia came over her.

Winter is no longer the great grey longing of my childhood.

It results in a great longing for the dead person and a period of adjustment which may take years.

And sometimes I have a great longing in me for someone who will not fall away.