Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a long [noun sg] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood for a long while looking at Voting Right . |
| 2 | She had risen from her deep curtsey , and stood for a long moment gazing steadily into his face . |
| 3 | I had an old air-raid shelter , partly dug into the ground because of the slope : there was a load of stones on top , waiting to turn the shelter into an apple store disguised as a rockery , and when Mrs Wilson saw this she stood for a long time looking at the hump in the ground and the pile of stones . |
| 4 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 5 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
| 6 | Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas . |
| 7 | The Collector sat for a long time contemplating his boots which , because of the dampness , had become covered in green mould . |