Example sentences of "stand for [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | She stands for a long moment . |
2 | At a buffet you ensure that elderly and infirm guests , and those who have travelled long distances , have seats near the buffet table so that they are not obliged to stand for a long period . |
3 | He went on : ‘ I told the lads they can create something to tell their kids and grandchildren about because if we do beat Reading 's run , the record will stand for a long , long time . |
4 | Just sit down and and sit still for a minute because you 'll be standing for a long time playing the recorder as well , if you want if you want to go to the toilet just take yourself all right . |
5 | Arthur Leopold of County Cork had taken the picture , and the first time Ellie had tiptoed into the bedroom she had stood for a long time staring at the photograph , because it was the first time she had ever seen the likeness of her dead mother . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | In the garden of Burleigh Court , situated near the present Ulster Bank , there stood for a long time an old pear tree known as ‘ King William 's pear tree ’ . |
8 | I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain . |
9 | I stood for a long while looking at Voting Right . |
10 | There she stood for a long time , gazing out to sea , her heart full of sadness and her eyes full of tears . |
11 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
12 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
13 | Charles collapsed like a glove puppet with the hand withdrawn , and stood for a long moment , sagging . |
14 | I stood for a long time , staring at the mirror . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
17 | She had risen from her deep curtsey , and stood for a long moment gazing steadily into his face . |
18 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
19 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
20 | The headless trunk stood for a long second , the blood fountaining in a gush of scarlet from the raw stump of its neck , before collapsing bonelessly to the mat . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | She stood for a long time , trying to make sense of her feelings , the words he had said tumbling around in her brain . |