Example sentences of "[pers pn] sat for a long time " in BNC.

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1 Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas .
2 They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore .
3 They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor .
4 When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south .
5 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 .
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