Example sentences of "be [adj] for [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Walking back to the hotel , Rozanov and I were silent for a long time . |
| 32 | They were silent for a long time . |
| 33 | The Commission on Analytical Nomenclature of IUPAC has been active for a long time in establishing nomenclature for chromatography . |
| 34 | In terms of the ‘ demographic transition ’ it is a great puzzle to explain why the response to them was so late in a relatively literate , urbanized , and industrialized society where returns from children do not seem to have been plausible for a long time ( R. M. Smith 1981 ) . |
| 35 | She knew the woman had been dead for a long time . |
| 36 | I think I have been dead for a long time now . |
| 37 | Ty Fach had been dead for a long time . |
| 38 | One day I shall lie beside that grave and the stone will say ‘ Angharad ’ and I shall have been dead for a long time . |
| 39 | I have been dead for a long time and by day I circle the huge air above the hills and by night I sleep in the quiet rock , as quiet as the rock , and the little worms mean consolation as they eat me . |
| 40 | He was ill for a long time . |
| 41 | She fell on her head and was unconscious for a long time . |
| 42 | Evelyn was silent for a long time afterwards . |
| 43 | He was silent for a long time . |
| 44 | Creggan was silent for a long time . |
| 45 | Campbell put his face in his hands , and was silent for a long time . |
| 46 | Ipuky sighed , flexing his hands as they lay at the edge of the table , and was silent for a long time . |
| 47 | He was silent for a long time , then he blew out a long stream of smoke and turned his head towards her . |