Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for long " in BNC.

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1 Arthur and I went for long walks — and that little village was the best place in the world .
2 Oh , yes , you could , you certainly could , and as I said for long periods , parental an and offspring self interest will overlap .
3 Duck or diver , it had dived , and , though I waited for long minutes , it did not appear again .
4 And almost every day she went for long walks on the moors with her dog , Keeper .
5 She went for long solitary hikes along well-marked trails .
6 The only drawback is the expense if you fish for long sessions and take enough meat to feed continuously .
7 In old age she sat for long periods by her bedroom window , looking out over roof-tops to distant church spires and tower blocks .
8 They should have done much better as they dominated for long spells , but failed miserably in the art of scoring .
9 Although they struggled for long periods against the same Turkey side England beat 4-0 last month , Graham Taylor — watching from the stands — said : ‘ Of the three results possible , this was the worst one .
10 More and more they were now given the title of " extraordinary " , even when they remained for long periods at the courts to which they were sent : increasingly the term , applied to either an ambassador or an envoy , became a mere title of honour .
11 He goes for long walks , ’ said Betty mundanely .
12 Like so many of the visitors , though he was dressed in the bright overalls of the Men he stared for long periods into the Cages , but it seemed to Creggan that his staring was different from the others and less cruel .
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