Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 2 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 3 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 4 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
| 5 | She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
| 10 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 11 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 12 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 13 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 14 | That went on for a long time . |
| 15 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 16 | The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time . |
| 17 | The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room . |
| 18 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 19 | This went on for a long time . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The Rothmans Honda team member broke his right leg in five places when he went down for a second time during the opening championship round on a wet Suzuka circuit . |
| 22 | It was a horrific crime and I hope the two thugs who did it can be apprehended and sent away for a long time . ’ |
| 23 | One night , later in their affair , O woke up in the middle of one of his long and noisy dreams and lay there for a long time looking at Boy 's face as he slept . |
| 24 | Nobody passed by for a long time , and he could just hear the faint music in the distance . |
| 25 | Many people claim that Frederick was imprisoned by the Turks , and that after his release he returned to Kaiserslautern and lived there for a long time . |
| 26 | Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time |
| 27 | She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’ |
| 28 | I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you . |
| 29 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 30 | ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards . |