Example sentences of "he [vb past] long [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 He was given an ancient , unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings .
2 So he spent long days and evenings at Meadowbanks , working ( when he had done a stint of transcription ) on the manuscript which was destined to be the Walter Machin volume in the Payne 's Great Authors series of monographs .
3 He took long strides and he walked fast but he walked easily too and without great exertion .
4 He wore long underwear and elastic suspenders held his socks .
5 He spent some time in Holland in the company of an Indian guru with whom he had long walks and conversations through which came the realization that he should build a new career around his two key interests : his satisfaction in working with children and his love of Art .
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