Example sentences of "stand [prep] [art] long [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain . |
| 2 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 3 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
| 4 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 5 | She had showered and washed her hair , dabbed on her favourite Anaïs Anaïs , and stood before the long mirror in her bedroom , criticising her reflection . |