Example sentences of "sit [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable . |
| 2 | After the girls had gone I sat for a little time , thinking . |
| 3 | Moran sat for a long time . |
| 4 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
| 5 | Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas . |
| 6 | But the old Jew sat for a long time in silence as the wind and rain in the darkness outside lashed at the windows of Damiani 's old home . |
| 7 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
| 8 | The Collector sat for a long time contemplating his boots which , because of the dampness , had become covered in green mould . |
| 9 | And he sat for a long time in a melancholy reverie as the ants continued to drift down , thinking of the futility of all endeavour . |
| 10 | Alice went to a cafe in Finchley Road , and sat for a long time quietly by herself over strong coffee . |
| 11 | She read it through and then sat for a long time on the white strips of the reclining chair in which she had first seen Signor Fixit . |
| 12 | They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor . |
| 13 | Andrus sat for a long time . |