Example sentences of "[vb past] for a long " in BNC.
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| 31 | Senna struggled for a long time with what he later described as an undriveable car and he collided with Germany 's Michael Schumacher after 40 of the 72 laps . |
| 32 | Senna struggled for a long time with what he later described as an undriveable car and he collided with Germany 's Michael Schumacher after 40 of the 72 laps . |
| 33 | So in the case of a ruler who reigned for a long time , coins enable us to date the changes during the reign . |
| 34 | It stayed there and grew for a long time , until it was a real baby . |
| 35 | He lay for a long time , listening to the storm as it blew itself out . |
| 36 | Delighted about Jim , apprehensive for Jasper , Alice lay for a long time awake in the silent room . |
| 37 | She lay for a long while , the tears falling . |
| 38 | She lay for a long time in the enveloping warmth of the bath-water , feeling a strange sense of sadness . |
| 39 | He said that on her birthday he asked her what she had learnt from life , and she thought for a long time , and then said : ‘ That people are morally the same , and intellectually different . ’ |
| 40 | Her house was full of bead curtains and reproduction furniture — a fact which impressed me so much I thought for a long time that Reproduction was a period like Jacobean and Elizabethan . |
| 41 | Marilla thought for a long time . |
| 42 | She thought for a long time , not looking at him , but at the glowing red centre of the range . |
| 43 | To tell the truth I have only hazy memories of the magazine that I took for a long time and until it ceased publication for reasons that were beyond me . |
| 44 | The Possessed looked for a long time like losing its way , and Dostoevsky would surely concede that in so far as the design was , to use his own word , tendentious , this was bound to be so . |
| 45 | He looked for a long time , then said : ‘ I can see no one , but my eyes are old . |
| 46 | On reaching the top of the hill , Tess paused and looked for a long time at the familiar green world of home . |
| 47 | Tony Dobson put Portsmouth ahead early on and it looked for a long time as though that was going to be the only goal of the game . |
| 48 | He deliberated for a long time in front of the pad , and then suddenly rose and put it away without writing anything . |
| 49 | I cried for a long time when I saw that big dark hole in the ground , and we put his body in the grave . |
| 50 | I hesitated for a long time before I began my experiment . |
| 51 | She hesitated for a long moment , then suddenly thrust out her arm . |
| 52 | And so it was all along the line , from Telnitz in the south , right the way to the Olmütz road , where the plain rose into the foothills of the mountains to the north ; and after he had disappeared into the tumult and light , neither Thiercelin nor Epitot spoke for a long time . |
| 53 | He spoke for a long time . |
| 54 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Copeland ( Dr. Cunninghan ) said , the Secretary of State spoke for a long time — until about 6 o'clock . |
| 55 | The hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , who has a great interest in education , spoke for a long time , as did other hon. Members on both sides of the House . |
| 56 | He smiled for a long moment into the raging eyes that would have struck him dead if they could . |
| 57 | He paused for a long time , and then said , ‘ Tell me , little one . |
| 58 | Determined not to present him with any more ammunition , she paused for a long moment , considering her words carefully before trying again . |
| 59 | This brought one of Neil 's cracks of laughter and the comment , ‘ A wily gent , I see , ’ and then silence took over again , and lasted for a long time , until the front door opened , and Matey returned from the sewing circle at St Jude 's Church Hall , and stared at them , sitting there in the dusk , hunched over the board , rapt . |
| 60 | This continued for a long time during which he shuffled his feet uncomfortably , controlling his immediate impulse to shout at her to be quiet . |