Example sentences of "[vb past] for [art] long time in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lay for a long time in the enveloping warmth of the bath-water , feeling a strange sense of sadness . |
| 2 | He deliberated for a long time in front of the pad , and then suddenly rose and put it away without writing anything . |
| 3 | Then it began to rain hard and I sheltered for a long time in a barn , but I could n't stay there all night so I just walked and got thoroughly soaked . |
| 4 | I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain . |
| 5 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 6 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
| 7 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 8 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
| 9 | But the old Jew sat for a long time in silence as the wind and rain in the darkness outside lashed at the windows of Damiani 's old home . |
| 10 | And he sat for a long time in a melancholy reverie as the ants continued to drift down , thinking of the futility of all endeavour . |