Example sentences of "him a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife gave him a long level look with no liking in it at all , and Penelope Huntley watched , fascinated . |
| 2 | It had been with him a long time , long before McLuhanism had arrived to make a lot of people cry into their beer at El Vino 's and go haring after every tin-pot producer in the business . |
| 3 | In this box she showed him a long thick green book , a little like an accounts book , with sombre marbled endpapers : |
| 4 | She gave him a long , appraising look , then asked silkily , ‘ Well , how much would it be — without the greenhouse ? ’ |
| 5 | The Major gave him a long hard look , but said nothing . |
| 6 | Club organiser Maureen Mayers thanked Dr. Brill for all his thought and care over many years , and wished him a long and happy retirement . |
| 7 | Vanessa gave him a long look , then delved into her handbag and produced a small object . |
| 8 | As he approached tentatively , wanting to seem friendly but not to alarm her , she had turned on him a long and curious glance from remarkable , slanted , violet-blue eyes . |
| 9 | Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies . |
| 10 | The Abbot gave him a long , despairing look . |
| 11 | Ernest Jarvis did what he had to do elaborately , and it must have taken him a long time . |
| 12 | Likewise Jacob , his father , had given him a long robe with sleeves , for he ‘ loved Joseph more than any other of his children ’ ( Gen. 37:3 ) . |
| 13 | It took him a long while before he could face Magrit again . |
| 14 | Florrie gave him a long , searching look . |
| 15 | Sheldukher killed him a long time ago . ’ |
| 16 | I looked at him a long time , and the smile went away . |
| 17 | In her mind she talked to him , telling him about her life , day-to-day things , carrying on with him a long intimate dialogue . |
| 18 | The abbot gave him a long , penetrating look , and concluded at length : ‘ You are in solemn earnest . |
| 19 | Cadfael turned to give him a long , thoughtful look , and a few white petals that had floated and lodged in the rough cloth of his sleeve caught the stirring of air from the door , and floated free again , riding the draught into the pale , bright sunlight . |
| 20 | It took him a long time to recover . |
| 21 | She stared at him a long while , then shrugged . |
| 22 | Cindy gave him a long look through her sunglasses . |
| 23 | It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife . |
| 24 | You 've known him a long time ? ’ |
| 25 | Coffin gave him a long look and he was n't laughing . |
| 26 | With difficulty she repressed comments on the writer 's own linguistic proficiency , and how in her view it disabled him from judging Walter 's scholastic achievements ; with difficulty , too , she refrained from rebutting the idea that she was not getting any younger , for that was precisely what she felt she was getting , these days ; and she ended with best wishes for the future , mentally hoping it would not be for him a long one . |
| 27 | I wrote him a long note explaining where he was , what had happened and where Mum was . |
| 28 | ‘ Take him a long way from the Tree and kill him ! ’ |
| 29 | A dragonrider handed him a long shape , wrapped in red silk . |
| 30 | We wish him a long and happy retirement . |