Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] for [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anabelle watched him for a long while , but he did n't twitch a muscle . |
| 2 | Vitor studied her for a long , piercing moment . |
| 3 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 4 | Charles pressed it for a long time . |
| 5 | After they had gone , Harriet took herself for a long walk over the cliffs , but for once the beauty of her surroundings , the early evening light on the sea , the cry of gulls and the distant sound of waves breaking on the shore below , failed to soothe her . |