Example sentences of "he [vb past] a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He whispered a long coil of Chinese phrases to his boy helper , and the child looked up at me , almond eyes shining in a brim-shadowed face . |
| 2 | Between 1 and 15 June , following the electoral success of the Popular Front , he produced a long report on Spain for La Correspondance internationale , the French language version of the Communist International political weekly . |
| 3 | His face had grown pale at the harshness of the rebuke and he drew a long breath before replying . |
| 4 | With the Triplane boring in from behind he fired a long burst at the dead centre of the bag , and saw the fabric split and flare . |
| 5 | He allowed a long streamer of mucus to hang from his mouth , watching as it struck the white enamel of the sink and trickled slowly into the plughole , leaving a crimson slick behind it . |
| 6 | He spent a long life as a rector and was a Canon of St Patrick 's , Armagh . |
| 7 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 8 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
| 9 | When he finally relinquished his business in 1868 Sampson moved to 165 Whitham Road , Broomhill where he enjoyed a long retirement as the Sheffield Telegraph noted : |
| 10 | He took a long drink from the bottle of wine , saying , ‘ Here 's luck ! ’ |
| 11 | He took a long look at the approaching man , who was obviously not keen on leaving the shelter of the trees . |
| 12 | He took a long drag on the cigarette and looked at his watch again . |
| 13 | Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look . |
| 14 | He took a long puff on his beautiful cigar and tapped the ash into a wastepaper basket full of mimeographed reports . |
| 15 | Gothic he stated was not the national style its exponents claimed , but a foreign importation and as if to counter his own question to Scott , he recited a long list of classical public buildings in Britain and Ireland . |
| 16 | He remembered a long climb between grey-white boulders to gain a flat ground scattered with lumps of quartz , which glittered like giant uncut gems in the sunlight . |
| 17 | The tsar was well aware that the legislation left much to be desired and delayed publishing it until 5 March , the first day of Lent : " alarmed by the prospect of riot , " wrote an admittedly hostile contemporary , " he hesitated a long time before choosing a day for promulgating the sham freedom and eventually chose the day when it was least of all expected " . |
| 18 | With one hand smoothing her unruly hair , and the other resting on her hip , he gave a long sigh of contentment . |
| 19 | He had a long conversation with a Russian passenger , who talked about magic and ‘ hidden powers ’ in a most interesting way . |
| 20 | He had a long putt for a 61 and how he wanted that 61 ! |
| 21 | He had a long history of truancy . |
| 22 | My grandfather , who was one of the aircraft pioneers , told me that he had a long argument with Cody about whether a certain member was in tension or in compression in flight . |
| 23 | When , in another striking instance , the earl of Carlisle reached the capital in 1664 as ambassador from Charles II , he had a long argument with the official deputed to receive him as to which should first descend from his sledge when they met formally . |
| 24 | He had a long walk before him . |
| 25 | He had a long career in the university , becoming bachelor and then ( c .1284 ) doctor of theology as well as master c .1290 . |
| 26 | A carpenter , he had a long record of hard work , and his family were dependent on his income . |
| 27 | Michael pointed out how he had a long curve along the top of the board 's edge , and only a small curve at the bottom . |
| 28 | He waited a long time for her response . |
| 29 | Perhaps unnerved by the suddenness of his summons to the Prime Minister and the vigour of Palmerston 's attack , Scott felt that his case had to be presented in a ‘ more consecutive manner ’ , and on 23rd July , 1859 , he wrote a long letter to Palmerston explaining how much effort he had put into the design and what a loss it would be to the country if it was not adopted . |
| 30 | He wrapped a long arm round her shoulders and neck . |