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

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1 Moran sat for a long time .
2 They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore .
3 Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas .
4 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 .
5 When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south .
6 The Collector sat for a long time contemplating his boots which , because of the dampness , had become covered in green mould .
7 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 .
8 Alice went to a cafe in Finchley Road , and sat for a long time quietly by herself over strong coffee .
9 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 .
10 They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor .
11 I sat for a long while , clutching the unfinished poem , gazing beyond it .
12 She sat for a long while , until her limbs became cold and stiff and her mind numb with tiredness and misery .
13 Andrus sat for a long time .
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