Example sentences of "[conj] stood [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles collapsed like a glove puppet with the hand withdrawn , and stood for a long moment , sagging . |
| 2 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 3 | She had risen from her deep curtsey , and stood for a long moment gazing steadily into his face . |
| 4 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
| 5 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |