Example sentences of "and [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs , they were successful and varied for a long time , but all three groups failed to survive the Cretaceous . |
| 2 | There is the standard , spacious , minimally-furnished living room , tastefully carpeted in subdued oatmeal and dominated by a long sofa and oversized TV . |
| 3 | Gorbad halted the attack and prepared for a long siege . |
| 4 | In the Chandni Chowk shopkeepers boarded up their premises , buried their treasure and prepared for a long period of unrest . |
| 5 | She watched as Dana twirled and twisted before a long mirror , making the dress shimmer with a thousand lights . |
| 6 | They walked through the gardens together and talked for a long time . |
| 7 | Oliver was deeply grateful for this offer of shelter and talked for a long time with his new friend . |
| 8 | Kee told her about his life and talked for a long time about the old Haiti and the people he remembered . |
| 9 | ( i ) Of course , when A = Z and ρ is multiplication , the above merely repeats results we 've known and used for a long time . |
| 10 | When he 'd gone I lay and thought for a long time about poor young Mr Vickers , and of what I should have told Doone , and had n't . |
| 11 | Although mistrusting children , he showed an absorbed interest as he took the photographs and gazed at Henrietta ( fourteen ) , Samantha ( just ten ) and the baby Jacqueline ( now three and born after a long period during which Hugh had displayed a lack of interest in physical contact ) . |
| 12 | As in most parts of Britain the Hercynian movements at the end of the Carboniferous were accompanied and followed by a long period of erosion . |
| 13 | ‘ I was thinking , ’ he said , then spooned some more of the green-brown mixture into his face and chewed for a long time . |