Example sentences of "[coord] he [vb past] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Her nephew , Tim , was Miss Miggs 's only relative , and he lived a long way away up in the North .
2 Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look .
3 Sliding her hands round to his flat stomach , she lightly ran her fingers through the hair arrowing down from his navel and he gave a long shudder .
4 His face had grown pale at the harshness of the rebuke and he drew a long breath before replying .
5 But he came a long way round from a long way back , and O'Brien , by no means a habitual blamer of jockeys , is still convinced they should have won .
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