Example sentences of "sit for [art] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor . |
3 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
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 | 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 . |