Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walsh dropped him at long leg off Ambrose on 22 then , at 66 , crucially , David Williams , another first-timer at this level alongside Adams and Benjamin , floored a regulation catch behind , thereby allowing Hudson further demonstrations of a trademark straight drive . |
| 2 | She pointed out that the piebald donkey in leather boots that had for years pulled the mowing machine which cut the acres of grass at Deer Forest , was at the end of a useful life , and , in any case , the whole performance took up two working days of the farm labourer who drove her in long reins — reins thin as thread and cracked with age : there was nothing economical about that . |
| 3 | Paxton 's SRI trials ( Paxton 1977 ) found that island-driving improved performance for shorter sentences but decreased it for longer ones . |
| 4 | She patiently gammed him for long minutes ; fondling his testicles with one hand , and exploring the cleft of his arse with the other . |
| 5 | HAMISH BOWLES met her on Long Island |
| 6 | In the afternoons , my servant , Tabby , took them for long walks on the moors behind the house . |
| 7 | He showed her over the nearby castle , took her for long drives , and on the last day of his — as he called it — ‘ snatched holiday ’ , seemingly relaxed and happy to be playing truant from the demands of his busy life , he drove to Bettystown . |