Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | This hooking action is important because it interferes with the opponent 's attempts to free his arm and keeps him closed off for a longer period . |
| 2 | Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them . |
| 3 | Two minutes after the interval he darted on to a long through ball and scored with a low shot . |
| 4 | He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes . |
| 5 | He clambered up behind the long bonnet , onto the padded bucket seat . |
| 6 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 7 | ‘ I was going to propose to you properly that weekend , ’ he went on after a long , blissful interval . |
| 8 | He did so after a long consultation with the Prime Minister . |
| 9 | He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again . |
| 10 | He launched out on a long story . |
| 11 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 12 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |
| 13 | He stayed there for a long time . |
| 14 | He stayed there for a long time , until he was sure that the dogs had gone , then he came out . |
| 15 | And Mary as he had first seen her appeared before him again like an apparition as he slid slowly into a long sleep . |