Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the long " in BNC.

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1 When I look back on the long friendship , I realize that I need not have had certain misgivings about troubling Eliot or taking up his time — misgivings due to temperamental diffidence rather than to genuine modesty , I am afraid — because he was both generous of his time and solicitous about the welfare of those in whom lie took an interest .
2 And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield .
3 I lay back in the long chair .
4 I go over to the long mirror and have a look .
5 I sat down in the long grass , puzzled to understand my weakness .
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