Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] a long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley . |
| 32 | erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about . |
| 33 | They had lived together for a long time , but the sister was now reaching the conclusion that the situation could not continue much longer : |
| 34 | I mean there , there are a lot of people , of people in who have lived here for a long time , and lived here ever since they were born . |
| 35 | The ambassador reported that " The Emperor is monitoring the serious political illness which has gripped all countries , and believes his empire very far from being immune from infection " ; Nicholas was now of the opinion that " Highly reprehensible principles have been disseminated among young people who completed their university courses around three years ago , among people who have lived abroad for a long time , and also among teachers , professors , writers and journalists . |
| 36 | The first was occupied by Miss Trimby , the last of a family that had lived there for a long time whilst her neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Collins with their middle-aged bachelor son . |
| 37 | they made the area around the reactor a non living area , the problem is of course people that have lived there for a long time do n't want to move and so over |
| 38 | And the two of them working together over a long time , they would work |
| 39 | On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that . |
| 40 | Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions . |
| 41 | They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli . |
| 42 | Sat there for a long time , her mind blank . |
| 43 | She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering . |
| 44 | She stayed there for a long time . |
| 45 | He stayed there for a long time . |
| 46 | He stayed there for a long time , until he was sure that the dogs had gone , then he came out . |
| 47 | She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out . |