Example sentences of "i [verb] the long " 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 walk the long dark pier that bends |
| 4 | I drove the long way round , debating what to say and do . ’ |
| 5 | I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet . |
| 6 | I remember the long faces in the Tontine Coffee House at Glasgow Cross on the morning of 27 January 1783 when the news broke . |
| 7 | I lift the long curls from my head and brush some life back into my flattened hair . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Then there was another , and others behind it , and I saw the long bare tail like a whip , the narrow head , the yellow teeth that seemed too big for the jaws , the glittering red eyes . |
| 10 | To my left I saw the long purple curtains twitch in the window and for a moment I thought it was her just making sure I 'd gone . |
| 11 | The fellow stood up and I saw the long , brown gown of a Franciscan monk , the rough cord round his waist and the wooden crucifix slung on a piece of string round his neck . |
| 12 | I thought the long fingering of man should was a lovely expression |
| 13 | I took the long cut home . |
| 14 | I love the long bare hills with just the odd clump of trees . |
| 15 | I remembered the long , graceful legs of the prioress wrapped firmly around me and hid my smile . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Starting early , I traverse the long ridge of hills that separates me from Isafjördur , arriving late in the afternoon . |