Example sentences of "they [verb] for a long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | and er , she said my eyes really sparkled she said first time I 've seen them sparkle for a long while so I was right chuffed about that . |
2 | Do they survive for a long time ? |
3 | They kissed for a long time , and indeed there was still longing there , in both of them , a kind of hopeless longing . |
4 | Officials from the leading Ulster team have voiced their opinion in the past that there should be some of form seeding for the preliminary round , and now it has raised its head again as they prepare for a long trip south on November 6 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
7 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
8 | They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor . |
9 | This is the best I 've seen them play for a long time Leicester |
10 | There were two men apart from the one with the rifle and she heard them quarrelling for a long time in another room . ’ |