Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 2 | They walked through the gardens together and talked for a long time . |
| 3 | The normal daily routine involved getting up at around 6am and stopping for a long lunch at midday in order to avoid the most intense heat . |
| 4 | It stayed there and grew for a long time , until it was a real baby . |
| 5 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 6 | Having chosen your leather corals carefully , and provided them with a good aquarium environment , they should grow steadily and live for a long time ( ten years has been reported ) , and possibly even reproduce . |