Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | From his mouth crawled a long , dead centipede of dried blood . |
| 2 | His philosophy took a long time to be appreciated , partly because he never pushed his own work , which was subsequently overshadowed by that of Wittgenstein . |
| 3 | Then his eyes , red-rimmed from weeping , widened dementedly and he lunged from his place swinging the long blade of his coupe-coupe high above his head . |
| 4 | Well backed after catching the eye previously , he strolled home by 12 lengths , having his race won a long way out . |
| 5 | He was leaning back in his chair smoking a long , fat cigarette in a stubby black holder . |
| 6 | All fairly straightforward though the coded letter we recovered from his baggage took a long time to crack , while his shaving kit will never be the same again after each piece was stripped to its component parts by one participant . |
| 7 | ‘ I think the knobbly wheels are just to make it grip the ground better , ’ said Dorcas , his voice sounding a long way off . |
| 8 | She looked up at him with wide grey eyes , her lips parted softly , and he tightened her to him , his hand gripping the long , wet hair darkened further by the water . |
| 9 | A big broad-shouldered man stood there , looking gently down at her ; he seemed almost as tall as the half-mortals , his shadow streaming a long way across the beach . |
| 10 | As they crossed to the supermarket they had to wait as an assistant wearing a jacket over his uniform wheeled a long line of trolleys from a loading bay into the store . |
| 11 | Mr Walton , a private helicopter pilot , said all his family had a long interest in aviation . |