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

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1	They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too .
2	This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day .
3	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 .
4	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 .
5	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 ?
6	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 .
7	It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says .
8	This sort of exchange went on for a long time .
9	‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police .
10	The noise went on for a long time .
11	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 .
12	That went on for a long time .
13	And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR .
14	The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time .
15	The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room .
16	The last dance went on for a long time .
17	This went on for a long time .
18	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 .
19	It was a horrific crime and I hope the two thugs who did it can be apprehended and sent away for a long time . ’
20	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 .
21	Nobody passed by for a long time , and he could just hear the faint music in the distance .
22	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 .
23	Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time
24	She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’
25	I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you .
26	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 .
27	‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards .
28	On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that .
29	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 .
30	They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli .