Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walking back to the hotel , Rozanov and I were silent for a long time . |
| 2 | She was silent for a long while , searching his face for a way forward , but it was shuttered and empty , all emotion banished . |
| 3 | Huddled together on the muddy earth floor they were content for a long time to embrace one another without speaking . |
| 4 | They were silent for a long time . |
| 5 | He was quiet for a long while , and the snow blew against his huddled body , piling up . |
| 6 | He was silent for a long time . |
| 7 | He was silent for a long moment then said : ‘ It may be our only hope . |
| 8 | He was silent for a long time , then he blew out a long stream of smoke and turned his head towards her . |
| 9 | He was ill for a long time . |