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

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1 They kissed for a long time , and indeed there was still longing there , in both of them , a kind of hopeless longing .
2 There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn .
3 They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone .
4 They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore .
5 They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor .
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