Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxford United 's fans , more than fifteen hundred of them made the long journey to Tranmere on Saturday to support their team . |
| 2 | I made the long trip with my boys but the unit told me I should not be there . |
| 3 | I stroked the long handle of the trowel , wondering if my father had a name for that stick of his . |
| 4 | I drove the long way round , debating what to say and do . ’ |
| 5 | I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I thought the long fingering of man should was a lovely expression |
| 11 | I took the long cut home . |
| 12 | I remembered the long , graceful legs of the prioress wrapped firmly around me and hid my smile . |
| 13 | I had agreed to be co-author , but it was not until seven years after his retirement that work could begin , for only then had his committee activities abated to an extent which allowed the long periods necessary for writing and discussion . |
| 14 | The ground which nurtured the long golden grass was hard and dry . |
| 15 | She straightened the long limbs and pressed the strands of black cotton she had used for hair more firmly into the scalp . |
| 16 | When she fluttered the long lashes of her baby blue eyes she had the timeless charm of Olive Oyl or Betty Boop . |
| 17 | In the upstairs passage she opened the long case clock , knowing very well it was broken , that the weights had not descended for years and the hands remained at twenty to one . |
| 18 | She sensed the long look he directed at her , but continued to stare blindly ahead . |
| 19 | Wrapping her arms round herself in a futile attempt to retain some body-heat , she began the long walk back to the cottage . |
| 20 | She clipped the long , dark swathes of her hair back from her face with a couple of combs ; then she slowly walked over and looked at herself in the mirror . |
| 21 | Lewis it was who broke the long silence between them , and took out his note-book : ‘ You knew where he was going ? ’ |
| 22 | She took the long way home , and walked slowly . |
| 23 | She knew the long list of silver almost by heart and counted it monthly that nothing might go astray . |
| 24 | Then she snipped the long , long strips of satin into tiny squares . |
| 25 | She saw the long , strong face go deliberately stiff . |
| 26 | She saw the long sheds , and the wooden posts , shining and smooth where the cows had rubbed against them over the years . |
| 27 | She contemplated the long , pale shape of her body in the mirror , the angles that were softened into curves , the light dusting of talc on the clear skin . |
| 28 | After a wait of about two hours we joined the long crocodile winding through corridors to the ballroom , with anxious ushers ensuring that we were all in the right order of presentation . |
| 29 | We walked the long , covered-in wooden bridge which led us over the Hundred Foot River to the members ' observatory . |
| 30 | A snipe was drumming as , obeying instructions and on the lookout for floods , we walked the long bank of a high tyke wall . |