Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] for a long time " in BNC.

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31 They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone .
32 They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore .
33 They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor .
34 Soapy moved on , but he walked for a long time before he tried again .
35 It rang for a long time , and he thought he was going to be out of luck , but eventually the receiver was picked up the other end .
36 It is 2 ½ years since he lost in a world title match to Michael Spinks and just as he did after a similar fight , with Larry Holmes , he brooded for a long time , finally overcame problems with drugs , and went into business , part of which was as a fight promoter .
37 It is 2 ½ years since he lost in a world title match to Michael Spinks and just as he did after a similar fight , with Larry Holmes , he brooded for a long time , finally overcame problems with drugs , and went into business , part of which was as a fight promoter .
38 Tony Dobson put Portsmouth ahead early on and it looked for a long time as though that was going to be the only goal of the game .
39 He lay for a long time , listening to the storm as it blew itself out .
40 He looked for a long time , then said : ‘ I can see no one , but my eyes are old .
41 He deliberated for a long time in front of the pad , and then suddenly rose and put it away without writing anything .
42 He spoke for a long time .
43 Even as he asked the question , Seb realised that it no longer hurt in the way it had for a long time .
44 He felt happier than he had for a long time .
45 He paused for a long time , and then said , ‘ Tell me , little one .
46 Despite joining the ILP in 1907 , he continued for a long time to write leaders for Liberal journals .
47 When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south .
48 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 .
49 He considered for a long time .
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