Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 31 | I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet . |
| 32 | I spent a long time photographing the falls , taken with their grace . |
| 33 | I spent a long time reading the advertisements . |
| 34 | So I spent a long time trying to hide the place . |
| 35 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 36 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
| 37 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
| 38 | I remember the long faces in the Tontine Coffee House at Glasgow Cross on the morning of 27 January 1783 when the news broke . |
| 39 | I followed a long harbour-wall pathway , then took a gate into a park . |
| 40 | Silver and I followed a long way behind the rest , and I had to help him . |
| 41 | Trying not to make a sound , I achieved a long and delicious orgasm , a heavenly mixture of sheer physical bliss , emotional release and satisfyingly agitating anxiety . |
| 42 | I lift the long curls from my head and brush some life back into my flattened hair . |
| 43 | I required a longer rest ; and could I be driven home by someone , as I felt so tired ? |
| 44 | We glanced at each other , and I pulled a long , apprehensive face . |
| 45 | But within days meal times became battlegrounds between my family and me , and I needed the long walks more than ever , to let off steam . |
| 46 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
| 47 | When I turned I saw a long patch of the fluorescent dye that the Germans carried staining the sea a light yellow-green but could not pick out the pilot . |
| 48 | Then there was another , and others behind it , and I saw the long bare tail like a whip , the narrow head , the yellow teeth that seemed too big for the jaws , the glittering red eyes . |
| 49 | To my left I saw the long purple curtains twitch in the window and for a moment I thought it was her just making sure I 'd gone . |
| 50 | The fellow stood up and I saw the long , brown gown of a Franciscan monk , the rough cord round his waist and the wooden crucifix slung on a piece of string round his neck . |
| 51 | Is n't it about time someone took a long hard look at the laughable regulations on what riders wear and questioned whether they benefit the sport ? |
| 52 | I thought the long fingering of man should was a lovely expression |
| 53 | ‘ I thought the longer it went on , the better it was looking for me . ’ |
| 54 | Immediately after leaving SIS , I took a long holiday in Italy . |
| 55 | I took a long way round to Ramon 's friend 's address and told him what had happened . |
| 56 | I took the long cut home . |
| 57 | Mind you yours took a long time , you know that bump Tom had going to his |
| 58 | I love the long bare hills with just the odd clump of trees . |
| 59 | I remembered the long , graceful legs of the prioress wrapped firmly around me and hid my smile . |
| 60 | I think the long term results of this are entirely good , but in the short term there 's going to be major instability , making life possibly quite nasty for everyone . |