Example sentences of "sat for [art] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She read it through and then sat for a long time on the white strips of the reclining chair in which she had first seen Signor Fixit .
2 They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor .
3 They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore .
4 But the old Jew sat for a long time in silence as the wind and rain in the darkness outside lashed at the windows of Damiani 's old home .
5 And he sat for a long time in a melancholy reverie as the ants continued to drift down , thinking of the futility of all endeavour .
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