Example sentences of "him [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Father Poole stared at him for a long while . |
| 2 | Anabelle watched him for a long while , but he did n't twitch a muscle . |
| 3 | Please would she meet him for a long dinner on Friday — he would expect to hear from her tomorrow or the next day . |
| 4 | She stared at him for a long moment wondering if in her indignation she had hurt his feelings , but his eyes were narrowed and she could not read his expression . |
| 5 | She stared at him for a long moment before she took in what he had said . |
| 6 | She stared at him for a long time . |
| 7 | Charsky gazes at him for a long time , sadly . |
| 8 | There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now . |
| 9 | I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better . |
| 10 | If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful . |
| 11 | She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger . |
| 12 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 13 | Then he saw a wonderfully pretty girl who had obviously been watching him for a long time . |
| 14 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
| 15 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 16 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 17 | It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time . |
| 18 | I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time . |
| 19 | She gazed at him for a long time without being able to bring the appropriate words to her lips . |
| 20 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 21 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 22 | Drawing refreshed him as a long walk refreshed him , and it was part of the art of forgetting slights , frustrations , old wounds , so necessary if he was to survive and stay serene . |
| 23 | A friend of mine found this out when he brought a video back with him after a long weekend in Amsterdam . |
| 24 | The problem was eventually reduced by putting a headstall on him with a long rope attached . |
| 25 | Arrowing into the sky , blasting the thin air behind him into a long trail of ionized particles , cracking the air and land below with the plane 's supersonic footprint , outflying anything or anybody they sent up in his wake . |
| 26 | ‘ I remember him from a long time ago . |
| 27 | Morse subjected him to a long unblinking stare before saying : ‘ There was no will in the safe and , according to the lawyer , it is unlikely that my father-in-law made one . ’ |
| 28 | All she did know was that she had n't seen the last of him by a long chalk ! |