Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] [verb] a long " in BNC.

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1 Mr Gillis took a long look from one tip of the arc of boys round to the other .
2 Mr Donovan gave a long sigh of relief .
3 Nevertheless , Mr Lamont has a long way to go before he can recover the confidence of Scottish business leaders .
4 Mr Yarrow tugged a long card-index box across the desk and set about it with a bespittled finger .
5 Take education , in which Mr Clinton has a long and distinguished interest .
6 Within minutes of leaving the museum , Mr Hurd was in deep conversation with the Foreign Minister , Mr David Levy ; the two hour session was conducted through interpreters , but Mr Hurd and Mr Levy had a long conversation afterwards in French which both of them speak fluently .
7 Mr Beckenham took a long pull at his flask , and then carefully topped it up from the bottle .
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