Example sentences of "he [verb] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite all this external activity he spent long periods of time in his diocese , active in every facet of ecclesiastical administration , as is revealed by his register , the first to survive for the diocese of Winchester . |
| 2 | After this he spent long periods in Madeira until his death in 1907 . |
| 3 | He spent long hours in the House of Commons and he was skilful at the quiet conduct of minor business . |
| 4 | His early ventures into freelance design had been reasonably successful ; with Leonie 's encouragement he worked long hours as a restaurant porter to earn enough money to buy a couple of ancient industrial machines which he set up at one end of the living room of his mother 's house . |
| 5 | He resented the inadequacy of the library , in which he worked long hours during such time as he was there . |
| 6 | A Braemar vet , Ian Watt , said that he had long experience of co-operating with farmers and commented : ‘ Many years ago , I was involved with the MacRobert Trust on a consultancy basis . |
| 7 | He ran long fingers through his straight dark hair while exclaiming impatiently , ‘ It 's a pity you could n't have thought to ask about days off . |
| 8 | He ran long fingers through his dark hair in a gesture of extreme exasperation . |