Example sentences of "[pers pn] take the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took the long cut home . |
| 2 | She took the long way home , and walked slowly . |
| 3 | Of course all these things are relative , I told him , of course if you take the long perspective there 's never anywhere to move forward to and all advance is illusory , but in the short perspective there comes a point when there is no option except to abandon . |
| 4 | thank you , now we 're going to bind this up , you take the long edge , sorry that goes down the long edge comes first of all over the two fingers and round the base of the thumb |
| 5 | We took the long way , on the way back to the bus stop |
| 6 | Otherwise , if they take the long route , it adds ten days going from Guam in the Pacific to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean . |
| 7 | On fine days , he took the long way round by Jubilee Wharf . |
| 8 | Seeing Nicandra flinching on the cut grass verge of the avenue , he took the long , supple driving whip out of its case and flicked his horse into a more dashing trot . |
| 9 | Jan Irving ( Wirral ) was another to win at Derby , where he took the long jump with 6.64 metres . |