Example sentences of "he [vb past] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever implement it was that hit him went a long way round his skull but did n't penetrate very far , for which he should thank his stars . ’ |
| 2 | In front of him stretched a long queue of women each clutching a copy of As the Crow Flies . |
| 3 | Her nephew , Tim , was Miss Miggs 's only relative , and he lived a long way away up in the North . |
| 4 | He whispered a long coil of Chinese phrases to his boy helper , and the child looked up at me , almond eyes shining in a brim-shadowed face . |
| 5 | Between 1 and 15 June , following the electoral success of the Popular Front , he produced a long report on Spain for La Correspondance internationale , the French language version of the Communist International political weekly . |
| 6 | He got a long sentence . |
| 7 | He drew a long breath . |
| 8 | His face had grown pale at the harshness of the rebuke and he drew a long breath before replying . |
| 9 | He drew a long breath , keeping it clear , keeping it steady , keeping it low . |
| 10 | He 's given me a few jokes but only ones he used a long time ago ! ’ |
| 11 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |
| 12 | But he came a long way round from a long way back , and O'Brien , by no means a habitual blamer of jockeys , is still convinced they should have won . |
| 13 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
| 14 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 15 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 16 | With the Triplane boring in from behind he fired a long burst at the dead centre of the bag , and saw the fabric split and flare . |
| 17 | You hear the crowd roar and a new name comes up on the leaderboard and you wonder whether he holed a long putt or chipped in . |
| 18 | He allowed a long streamer of mucus to hang from his mouth , watching as it struck the white enamel of the sink and trickled slowly into the plughole , leaving a crimson slick behind it . |
| 19 | McCarthy 's mistake came in the 76th minute when he allowed a long ball to go over his head , and Guy Whittingham nipped in for the equaliser . |
| 20 | He spent a long life as a rector and was a Canon of St Patrick 's , Armagh . |
| 21 | He spent a long time over these calculations and they appeared to soothe him . |
| 22 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 23 | He spent a long time listening , and then said , ‘ You know , George Dionisovich , you 've fallen into to the hands of the Mafia . |
| 24 | The driver , as it turned out , was a retired admiral , and unfortunately he spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 25 | Then he heard a long cry … |
| 26 | When he finally relinquished his business in 1868 Sampson moved to 165 Whitham Road , Broomhill where he enjoyed a long retirement as the Sheffield Telegraph noted : |
| 27 | Without waiting for her response , he pulled a long cord , gave instructions to the butler and came to sit opposite her . |
| 28 | We hoped that the US medical team whom we supposed would attend him at Wiesbaden , as we 'd heard had happened with other American hostages , would recognize that he needed a long rest . |
| 29 | He took a long pull . |
| 30 | He took a long sip . |