Example sentences of "she [verb] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She never for a moment thought of deserting French for Mrs Hill , having encountered amongst other things some nasty problems about the nature of electricity , but she did enjoy the sensation of flirtation : she spent a long time making her mind up , and finally was summoned by the headmistress , who told her she ought to stick to Sciences , because they offered better prospects . |
| 2 | The shower was wonderfully soothing and afterwards she spent a long time drying her hair and putting on her make-up . |
| 3 | She spent a long time in the bathroom . |
| 4 | She spent a long time near the gate these days , but the snow had driven her indoors at last . |
| 5 | She took a long time to dress . |
| 6 | There was a lot to look at , so she took a long time coming back after school , stopping to watch the men mending holes in the roads , to watch the demolition team with their mighty metal ball swinging on its chain from the crane clearing the bomb-site , to watch carpenters erecting wooden hoardings around the cleared sites to keep the people out , to see bill-stickers on ladders pasting huge coloured pictures on to the hoardings . |
| 7 | And she took a long time to answer it . |
| 8 | ‘ She died a long time ago . |
| 9 | She waited a long time ; so long , she must have fallen asleep , for the next thing she knew the room was in darkness , and Connor was in bed beside her . |
| 10 | She waited a long time in a small office , but after an hour a policeman came into the room . |
| 11 | She sat a long time by herself , looking at the forsythia . |