Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them .
2 Two minutes after the interval he darted on to a long through ball and scored with a low shot .
3 He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes .
4 He clambered up behind the long bonnet , onto the padded bucket seat .
5 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 .
6 ‘ I was going to propose to you properly that weekend , ’ he went on after a long , blissful interval .
7 He did so after a long consultation with the Prime Minister .
8 He launched out on a long story .
9 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 .
10 He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon .
11 He stayed there for a long time .
12 He stayed there for a long time , until he was sure that the dogs had gone , then he came out .
13 And Mary as he had first seen her appeared before him again like an apparition as he slid slowly into a long sleep .
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