Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | They stood clasped together for a long time , then he bent his head and kissed her , softly at first , then with such increasing passion that she could feel his heart beating like a drum . |
| 32 | ‘ We 've always been really good friends but had n't worked together for a long time . |
| 33 | She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’ |
| 34 | It is at the larva stage of their development when boring and feeding of the grubs takes place that the damage is caused because the adult beetles do not eat and they live only for a short time . |
| 35 | They were told a carefully graduated series of lies : first that their mother was staying in hospital for a while , then that she might not come home for a long time , and finally that she might never come back . |
| 36 | I hope to stay here for a long time . ’ |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | They had lived together for a long time , but the sister was now reaching the conclusion that the situation could not continue much longer : |
| 40 | We will help those that we have to help legally , or perhaps those whom people want to help , but we will not have foisted upon us those who come here for a good time and a good life . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | 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 |
| 45 | On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | ‘ Because I 'm working here for a short time . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | Sat there for a long time , her mind blank . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | She stayed there for a long time . |
| 52 | He stayed there for a long time . |
| 53 | He stayed there for a long time , until he was sure that the dogs had gone , then he came out . |
| 54 | She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out . |