Example sentences of "like [adj] for a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you ai n't blushed like that for a long while have you ? , yeah , that will be a holiday , watch your camp bed do n't fold up love |
| 2 | They stayed like that for a long moment and then he said , ‘ Light the candle . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He 's not been like that for a long time . ’ |
| 4 | Charlotte and I sat like that for a long time , remembering . |
| 5 | They stayed like that for a long time , sometimes moving , sometimes still , the hardness of him and the warmth and softness of her blended into one . |
| 6 | He pulled me to my feet , and flung his arms around me and squeezed me as if he wanted to gather me right into himself , never let me go , and we stayed like that for a long time , not speaking , rocking to and fro . |
| 7 | They lay like that for a long time . |
| 8 | He sat like that for a long time . |
| 9 | He had talked like that for a long time now . |
| 10 | They stayed together like this for a long time . |
| 11 | They remained like this for a long time . |
| 12 | Stars will remain stable like this for a long time , with heat from the nuclear reactions balancing the gravitational attraction . |
| 13 | ‘ We have wanted something like this for a long time . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't think he will be able to , like this for a long time . |