Example sentences of "he [vb past] a long [noun sg] [adv] " 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 | He 's given me a few jokes but only ones he used a long time ago ! ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 5 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 6 | He took a long breath then shrugged . |
| 7 | He took a long step backwards then wheeled and stretched both his arms out . |
| 8 | erm The second half started as the first half finished , with a again a very erm entertaining game erm in the fiftieth minute , on a break , Almondsbury 's Alex Stocker was nearest to scoring for them when he floated a long ball forward which Mark Sibble was very glad to tip over the bar . |
| 9 | It is a drawing of a girl ( young woman ) , a nude , not like anything else of his I have seen , and I think it must be something he did a long time ago . |
| 10 | He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around . |
| 11 | He sounded a long way off . |
| 12 | You know he sounded a long time when he was saying it . |