Example sentences of "sit for a long " in BNC.

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1 She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable .
2 Moran sat for a long time .
3 They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore .
4 Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas .
5 But the old Jew sat for a long time in silence as the wind and rain in the darkness outside lashed at the windows of Damiani 's old home .
6 When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south .
7 The Collector sat for a long time contemplating his boots which , because of the dampness , had become covered in green mould .
8 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 .
9 Alice went to a cafe in Finchley Road , and sat for a long time quietly by herself over strong coffee .
10 She read it through and then sat for a long time on the white strips of the reclining chair in which she had first seen Signor Fixit .
11 They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor .
12 I sat for a long while , clutching the unfinished poem , gazing beyond it .
13 She sat for a long while , until her limbs became cold and stiff and her mind numb with tiredness and misery .
14 Andrus sat for a long time .
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