Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pos pn] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He let his long arm hang at his side , his fist slowly clenching and unclenching independent of his smile . |
| 2 | He grasped her long hair , so that strands of silk fell through his fingers , and tugged her head back gently , kissing her on her neck , muttering things that she could barely hear , far less understand . |
| 3 | He unwound his long legs and stood up , arching his back and stretching . |
| 4 | He adored her long legs . ’ |
| 5 | He adored her long legs ’ |
| 6 | But the attack , when it came , came from an entirely unexpected quarter , leaving her completely without defence , as in one easy move he thrust his long fingers into her mane of hair and pulled her to him , his mouth silencing the startled cry on her lips . |
| 7 | Release could only come if and when he finished his long apologia . |
| 8 | He crossed his long legs , the picture of relaxation as he studied Newman , his grey eyes half closed . |
| 9 | He stretched his long frame comfortably in the deep leather chair as he explained that the gentleman in question was his mother 's grandfather , a roistering old sea-dog by the name of Joshua Probert , more inclined to raising Cain than crops . |
| 10 | He stretched his long legs out in front of him and looked prepared to stay forever . |
| 11 | He stretched his long legs out in front of him and seemed to examine his shiny black shoes for a moment . |
| 12 | In 1818 he published his longest work , a study of the Pacific , which he had never visited : A Summary View of the Statistics and Existing Commerce of the Principal Shores of the Pacific Ocean . |