Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too .
2 We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time .
3 Professor Connor , in a fascinating paper on computers in classical studies , claims that computers came just at the wrong time , at a time when scholar 's interests were moving from textual studies to critical theory , women 's studies and the like .
4 Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much .
5 The election arrived just at the right time .
6 I arrived there at the due time and waited and waited , but no corporal appeared .
7 By Luke 's own admission he saw her as shallow , someone interested only in a good time and a string of boyfriends .
8 It was a horrific crime and I hope the two thugs who did it can be apprehended and sent away for a long time . ’
9 One night , later in their affair , O woke up in the middle of one of his long and noisy dreams and lay there for a long time looking at Boy 's face as he slept .
10 Many people claim that Frederick was imprisoned by the Turks , and that after his release he returned to Kaiserslautern and lived there for a long time .
11 Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time
12 She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’
13 On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that .
14 Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions .
15 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 .
16 Sat there for a long time , her mind blank .
17 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 .
18 She stayed there for a long time .
19 He stayed there for a long time .
20 He stayed there for a long time , until he was sure that the dogs had gone , then he came out .
21 She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out .
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