I found the lock after a long search.

我找了老长时间才找到这把锁。

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After a long search, the people grew tired and gave up.

经过长时间的搜寻，人们累了，放弃了。

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The restless Mr Sarkozy may find he has embarked on a long search.

得不到休息的萨科齐先生可能发现他开始了一次长长的寻找过程。

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His studies of rice were part of a long search for foods that could cure disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

He used long talks with patients and the study of dreams to search for the causes of mental and emotional problems.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

But as he says, the search for life in outer space is a long-term goal, and he is still hopeful.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

The etchings were found during a two-year-long search of the University of Manchester's John Rylands Library.

BBC: Etching by William Blake

Elsewhere Tuesday, Washington police wrapped up an exhaustive, weeks-long search of city parks and woodlands with no reported breakthroughs.

CNN: Levy's parents say Chandra admitted affair

Families of the disappeared are watching closely to see what this new research can add to their decades-long search.

BBC: Painful search for Argentina's disappeared