Example sentences of "they [vb past] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 32 | They stood for a few moments in shy silence , staring from one to another . |
| 33 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
| 34 | They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor . |
| 35 | Now that Elizabeth had exhausted the topic of Martha , they sat for a few moments in silence , one each side of the fire with a cup of tea . |