Example sentences of "they [vb past] for a long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They kissed for a long time , and indeed there was still longing there , in both of them , a kind of hopeless longing . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
4 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
5 | They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor . |