Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] the long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He strolled up the long arcade , pausing frequently to peer in shop windows at the expensive goodies . |
| 2 | Thinking of the crystal spaces , the lines of Kubla Khan unfolded naturally before him as he dawdled up the long terrace of decaying houses . |
| 3 | With his two daughters , one holding each hand , he came down the long staircase from the top-floor flat . |
| 4 | Then he thought how the long streets were dotted with lamps , and how the peaceful stars were shining overhead ( 5 ) . |
| 5 | [ Dombey and Son , Ch 16 ] The artlessness of the child 's mind is reflected partly in the repetitions " watching it and watching everything " and " deepen , deepen , deepen " ; in the use of common words , especially those with monosyllabic stems : " he thought how the long streets were dotted with lamps " , " and now he thought how black it was " ; and in the way the cohesion of the passage rests on the subject pronoun he and the conjunction and . |