Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 2 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 3 | The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’ |
| 4 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 5 | In the gravityless environment of the hulk any unexploded bolts or similar projectiles could ricochet unpredictably for a long time within a confined space . |
| 6 | All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time . |
| 7 | He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time . |
| 8 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
| 9 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |
| 10 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
| 11 | He 's probably going away for a long time , that 's why . |
| 12 | ‘ They were apparently going away for a long weekend vacation . |
| 13 | In the bite-shaped hollow , a small mound of viscous lava was growing and continued to do so for a long time afterwards . |
| 14 | Anyone who is stupid enough to try and derail a train should be locked away for a long time . |
| 15 | He had abruptly spurred ahead of her then without replying , and they had ridden without speaking further for a long while . |
| 16 | This peak was not reached again for a long period , but by 1989 it had reached 76.4 per cent ( Employment Gazette , November 1989 ) . |
| 17 | Social anthropologists can and do study members of their own society and they have been doing so for a long time , though mostly they do not do it very well . |
| 18 | He finished fourth to Baies and The Thinker at Haydock last week , running well for a long way . |
| 19 | A Mum and Dad who 'd known vaguely for a long time that Conor liked holding parties were suddenly being told over cups of tea and Hobnobs about vast acid house raves in the middle of fields , about police chases across whole counties , about an entire organisation that Conor had run ( Conor had run an organisation ? ) , which could call a party and have 5,000 people turning up at £20 a ticket within 48 hours . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't think that will happen again for a long time , ’ said Davis , who comes to Goffs for this year 's event with confidence boosted by triumphs in the British and European Opens . |
| 21 | ‘ That woman friend of the boss who clings to his arm in the moonlight — do you think she will stay here for a long time ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The tackle from behind has been stopped here for a long time , but they were doing it all night and getting away with it . |
| 23 | ‘ Your Mummy has gone away for a long time ’ usually only serves to leave the child frightened but feeling the anxiety of the adults all around which forbids further discussion . |
| 24 | It was a horrific crime and I hope the two thugs who did it can be apprehended and sent away for a long time . ’ |
| 25 | No , well that 's it int it ? so er if things are reasonable we might just go away for a long weekend or something , go find us a place in Southport for a weekend |
| 26 | Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind . |
| 27 | Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus . |
| 28 | This race came only two months after he had run well for a long way when leading the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury and Gaselee told me , ‘ He appeared to love the Newbury race and we were delighted with his performance at that time . ’ |
| 29 | One night , later in their affair , O woke up in the middle of one of his long and noisy dreams and lay there for a long time looking at Boy 's face as he slept . |
| 30 | I lay there for a long time unhappy and hardly noticing the daily noises of the block assembling round me . |