Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] for a long " in BNC.

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1 I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you .
2 Nobody passed by for a long time , and he could just hear the faint music in the distance .
3 I prefer the consistent VIKING ROCKET , who ran well for a long way behind Captain Dibble in the Scottish National at Ayr .
4 She stayed there for a long time .
5 She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out .
6 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 .
7 Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time
8 On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that .
9 They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too .
10 They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world .
11 She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’
12 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 .
13 and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ?
14 He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right .
15 It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says .
16 It dragged on for a long time afterwards .
17 Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes .
18 He stayed there for a long time .
19 He stayed there for a long time , until he was sure that the dogs had gone , then he came out .
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