Example sentences of "he be [v-ing] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may not recall that , when Edgar Oldroyd asked him how he was enjoying a long spell bowling into the wind , he answered , ‘ It 's like bowling up t'bloody cellar steps . ’ |
| 2 | He was wearing a long woolly pullover with hedgehogs all over it , nothing else . |
| 3 | He was holding a long canvas bag and a cardboard box . |
| 4 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |
| 5 | He was trailing a long , thick , green hose . |
| 6 | I saw long legs and a big pair of hands and he was standing a long way from the ball , giving himself plenty of room . |