Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’
2 It seemed to go on for a long time .
3 At first glance , the head seemed to consist solely of a long nose protruding from a tangle of hair , thereby resembling the countenance of a maned vole , though considerably larger in size .
4 It seemed to ring out for a long time .
5 In the bite-shaped hollow , a small mound of viscous lava was growing and continued to do so for a long time afterwards .
6 erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about .
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