Example sentences of "[vb past] there [prep] a long time " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Sat there for a long time , her mind blank . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | She stayed there for a long time . |
8 | He stayed there for a long time . |
9 | He stayed there for a long time , until he was sure that the dogs had gone , then he came out . |
10 | She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out . |