Example sentences of "they [verb] for a long " in BNC.

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1 Do they survive for a long time ?
2 They kissed for a long time , and indeed there was still longing there , in both of them , a kind of hopeless longing .
3 Officials from the leading Ulster team have voiced their opinion in the past that there should be some of form seeding for the preliminary round , and now it has raised its head again as they prepare for a long trip south on November 6 .
4 There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn .
5 They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone .
6 They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore .
7 They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor .
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