Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb pp] for [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He marched the twins in the direction of the nearest station and prepared for a long , boring wait . |
| 2 | Kee told her about his life and talked for a long time about the old Haiti and the people he remembered . |
| 3 | Gorbad halted the attack and prepared for a long siege . |
| 4 | In the Chandni Chowk shopkeepers boarded up their premises , buried their treasure and prepared for a long period of unrest . |
| 5 | Oliver was deeply grateful for this offer of shelter and talked for a long time with his new friend . |
| 6 | ‘ I was thinking , ’ he said , then spooned some more of the green-brown mixture into his face and chewed for a long time . |