Example sentences of "and [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Like the plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs , they were successful and varied for a long time , but all three groups failed to survive the Cretaceous . |
2 | Its format is usually standard , though much of the information collected and reported at a particular time may not be relevant to current development issues . |
3 | They walked through the gardens together and talked for a long time . |
4 | Oliver was deeply grateful for this offer of shelter and talked for a long time with his new friend . |
5 | Kee told her about his life and talked for a long time about the old Haiti and the people he remembered . |
6 | ( i ) Of course , when A = Z and ρ is multiplication , the above merely repeats results we 've known and used for a long time . |
7 | When he 'd gone I lay and thought for a long time about poor young Mr Vickers , and of what I should have told Doone , and had n't . |
8 | The solution is to make use to layers to separate out the drawing into smaller sections that can be worked on and redrawn in a reasonable time . |
9 | ‘ I was thinking , ’ he said , then spooned some more of the green-brown mixture into his face and chewed for a long time . |