Tom thought a long time.

汤姆想了很久。

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I thought a long time and responded with a kind word pointing out that we all need to seek truth and realize we know little.

经过深思熟虑之后，我用温和的语言指出我们都需要去探寻真理，并且要认识到自己所知甚少。

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Ten years was a long time, Mary thought.

十年真是一段很长的时间，玛丽想。

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The Lord High Chamberlain thought for a long time.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

"This was a first and therefore you had to deal with his absurd and vile policies and the analysis of them had to take a long time and you had to get right down deep into him and how he thought,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"We thought for a long time about what to call the exhibit, " explained Ralf Wartke, deputy director of the Museum of the Ancient Near East, whose collection is housed in the Pergamon.

WSJ: The Ur-Metropolis | Uruk | Pergamon Museum | By A.J. Goldmann

It was a decision he has thought about for a long time and he thinks it was the best decision for the England team.

BBC: Paul Collingwood column

However I have given this a lot of thought over a long period of time, and personally do not believe the situation in Zimbabwe is such that I can tour at this stage.

BBC: SPORT | Cricket | Stuart MacGill's statement