Example sentences of "he [verb] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fondled the long dagger he 'd pushed through his wallet , drawing comfort from its metal coiled handle . |
| 2 | Very gently he caught the long glittering strands and brushed them behind her ear , his fingers lingering coolly against her flesh just for a moment before he let them drop to his side . |
| 3 | He used the long passageways to reassure himself that no one followed , before emerging at the start of avenue Foch . |
| 4 | He says the long term interests of his company are best served in private sector , even if this causes short term problems . |
| 5 | He trudged the long road to Keswick or often to Wythburn where the carrier , Jackson , would take him to Keswick when the Exhibition was held annually . |
| 6 | But he holed the long putt coming back to keep the match alive after Davies had safely made a par . |
| 7 | He touched the long , dark green curtains , looked out into the garden and over it at the house beyond , tall and dark , A dim sodium-yellow glow filled the sky ; patchy snow blemished the garden . |
| 8 | Seated at the kitchen table , he began the long , tedious task of hacksawing all but eight inches off the barrels of the President 's twelve-gauge . |
| 9 | The consequence of excommunication for Jacob was economic isolation : he was forced to give up his trade ( also shoemaking ) and was given redress for this when he petitioned the Long Parliament in 1640 . |
| 10 | He examined the long split-level room stretching away from him to the tall windows at the far end . |
| 11 | The man smiled at him as he guided the long snaking bundle into a bay near the automatic doors . |
| 12 | On fine days , he took the long way round by Jubilee Wharf . |
| 13 | Seeing Nicandra flinching on the cut grass verge of the avenue , he took the long , supple driving whip out of its case and flicked his horse into a more dashing trot . |
| 14 | Jan Irving ( Wirral ) was another to win at Derby , where he took the long jump with 6.64 metres . |
| 15 | He saw the long lashes drop for an instant and the lips contract fearfully , and laughed . |
| 16 | And a mixture of emotions , too complex to analyse , were welling up inside Robyn , as he manoeuvred the long , sleek Jaguar into a convenient space outside the house she had directed him to . |
| 17 | He went the long way home , but did not go down the little gang plank to the barge of a friend of his — a woman who kept ten or so cats on board and brewed some awful drink out of peaches . |
| 18 | He flicked the long tape measure from around his neck and eyed Willie . |
| 19 | He remembered the long black shadows he had seen when crossing over in the basket lift . |
| 20 | Then he remembered the long , toilsome months when he had worked to perfect a style of writing , giving hours to his literature and language assignments , more hours to dissecting other people 's novels . |
| 21 | All too clearly , he remembered the long procession of terribly mutilated corpses , stretched out on cold mortuary slabs over the past five years , in the wake of the man 's bloodlust . |
| 22 | He lit the long Turkish cigarette , taking his time . |
| 23 | He outlined the long connections of the New River Head site back to early in the 17th century when what was probably the first privatised water company was established by James I ( VI of Scotland ) . |
| 24 | As thin as ever without an ounce of excess fat , he had the long face and gaunt look of the true desert Arab . |
| 25 | He was up for a western , and he had the long hair , but after school he went to a barber and had his head shaved . |
| 26 | That he had the long record of offenses , mainly dishonesty and some for violence against the police . |
| 27 | He tucked the long tie into them . |
| 28 | ‘ But he likes the long school holidays ! ’ said Tony . |
| 29 | Then , turning to Garry , he pointed the long steel comb at him . |