Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Katherine sat silently for a long moment , her eyes growing perceptibly wider , the colour draining from her cheeks . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus . |
| 5 | Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind . |
| 6 | Supertop ran well for a long way in the season 's opener at Doncaster . |