Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | His position — the position , indeed , to which he clung throughout the long controversy — is made clear in his reply to the Staufer and in the early letters of the register . |
| 2 | He dabbled in the long jump until the age of twenty-four and then decided to switch to the sprints . |
| 3 | He peered at the long list . |
| 4 | He saw Celia sitting under a large cedar tree in the garden when he drove up the long drive and swung the car round into the forecourt . |
| 5 | He thought about the long , long fall and then the flames , way below . |
| 6 | He thought about the long hours , the continuous toil , the mistakes , the mishaps , the inefficiency and the constant battle to build what he now saw before him . |
| 7 | He went to the long table in the centre of the room and looked down at the detailed map spread out across its surface . |
| 8 | He had on the long white cloak which signified to the audience that he was wearing nothing at all . |