Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 2 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 3 | AN EERIE silence will descend on the steel town of Motherwell next weekend when the big Ravenscraig strip mill winds down for a long and unwelcome seasonal break . |
| 4 | Katherine sat silently for a long moment , her eyes growing perceptibly wider , the colour draining from her cheeks . |
| 5 | Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions . |
| 6 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 7 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 8 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |
| 9 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
| 10 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 11 | Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus . |
| 12 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 13 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 14 | Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind . |
| 15 | At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress . |
| 16 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 17 | Students often hesitate to let a rhythmic design run on for a long period , fearing monotony ; they therefore begin something different every few bars , sometimes in the belief that changing words need a constantly changing accompaniment . |
| 18 | The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room . |
| 19 | The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time . |
| 20 | Supertop ran well for a long way in the season 's opener at Doncaster . |