Example sentences of "i [verb] the long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made the long trip with my boys but the unit told me I should not be there . |
| 2 | I stroked the long handle of the trowel , wondering if my father had a name for that stick of his . |
| 3 | I drove the long way round , debating what to say and do . ’ |
| 4 | I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet . |
| 5 | I remember the long faces in the Tontine Coffee House at Glasgow Cross on the morning of 27 January 1783 when the news broke . |
| 6 | I lift the long curls from my head and brush some life back into my flattened hair . |
| 7 | But within days meal times became battlegrounds between my family and me , and I needed the long walks more than ever , to let off steam . |
| 8 | I thought the long fingering of man should was a lovely expression |
| 9 | I took the long cut home . |
| 10 | I think the long term results of this are entirely good , but in the short term there 's going to be major instability , making life possibly quite nasty for everyone . |
| 11 | No , I 've had 2 other books published er previously by the same publishers , er one was in Berkshire , one was in Hampshire , very much along the same sort of lines , er I think the longest walk I did probably would be about sort of 7 or 8 miles with those , er just as , you know , er the walks in , in , in this particular book are no more than 7 or 8 miles . |
| 12 | I admit that I prefer the longer film , but that may be because I saw it first . |
| 13 | I shot the longer edge down on the planer . |
| 14 | Starting early , I traverse the long ridge of hills that separates me from Isafjördur , arriving late in the afternoon . |