Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 2 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 3 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 4 | They went on over a long period and affected many children who had been entrusted to the defendants for care and help . |
| 5 | She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And the two of them working together over a long time , they would work |