Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] his long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … seeks to find out whether , and to what degree , man has during his long tenure of the earth , changed it from its hypothetical pristine condition , for as Yi Fu Tuan ( 1971 ) has put it : ‘ The fact of diminishing nature and of human ubiquity is now obvious ’ . |
| 2 | Does he have to be reminded about his long meetings with apple-cheeked Maude the milkmaid at the back of my stables ? |
| 3 | As I grew more proficient he leaned on the rail , sucked at his long clay pipe and reminisced about his days in sail or his experiences in ports from Aden to Hong Kong . |
| 4 | Li Shai Tung let the remote drift slowly towards the starship and sat back , one hand smoothing through his long beard while he looked about him at the faces of his fellow T'ang . |
| 5 | , left , is presented with his long service award by NW regional operations manager , . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're hiding from me , ’ he accused gently , watching the cool silky strands cling to his long fingers . |
| 7 | The furniture tangled in his long legs . |
| 8 | That instinctive understanding of her place in the showbusiness scheme of things was later to rub off on Kylie 's fellow Neighbours exile Jason Donovan , who was persuaded by his long time friend to abandon ideas of hardening up his dance music into something U2ish . |
| 9 | Just one letter from Tyndale survives from his long period in prison . |
| 10 | Herscovici is also thinking of writing a book based on his long conversations with Georgette Magritte . |
| 11 | Here Dr Keep , 50 , tells of the real-life horrors he has witnessed in his long career . |
| 12 | Among fellow Americans , Joel Scholz is another outstanding artist/designer best known for his long train of delicately coloured birds , and his flying ‘ Geisha Girl ’ . |
| 13 | Ace filled in gaps for her as they talked about his long climb up to Formula One and his present position , and because of her background she was able to fill in the bare facts that he offered . |
| 14 | Stories he covered during his long association with the Independent included the historic meeting between Terence O'Neill and Sean Lemass , the suspension of Stormont — he 'd now seen it both open and close — the Sunningdale talks ( ‘ the Press corps played a lot of poker ’ ) and many more turning points in history . |
| 15 | It 's first night again for Paul Nicholas ; one of many he 's known in his long career as a song and dance man . |
| 16 | ‘ Survived by his long time companion … |
| 17 | He had seven birdies in his best opening round so far , six of them in the first 12 holes , but had trouble getting properly aligned on his long shots . |
| 18 | Then he felt inside his long cloak and pulled out a map . |
| 19 | He leant on his long rake and grinned up at me . |
| 20 | He was thus well fitted for his long stint as justiciar of Ireland ( 1245–56 ) , where he had private interests through the dower of his wife , Isabel ( daughter of Hugh Bigod , third Earl of Norfolk ) , who was the widow of Gilbert de Lacy of Meath . |
| 21 | I hope that the hon. Member for Fife , Central ( Mr. McLeish ) will understand that I do not intend to follow what he said in his long speech — it was almost the same length as his speech in our previous debate on the subject — or his wide range of criticisms of the Government 's policy . |
| 22 | The intention was to publicise the many victories achieved in his long reign and the generous largesses given when celebrating his good fortune . |
| 23 | We talk to him about the inner turmoil he had been feeling during his long drought and about his high hopes for the future . |
| 24 | She gave him a basilisk gaze and he tried to dispose of his long legs around the legs of the Sheraton chair . |
| 25 | Supremely , however , this generous desire to show us the best in an author is manifested in his long chapter about Spenser , and there he marks himself out not as a kindly eccentric , but as a pioneer of modern taste . |
| 26 | The male is easily identified during mating by his long penis , which is kept retracted at other times . |