Example sentences of "he [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He was given an ancient , unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings .
2 He has long arms and I think he 'll use them to hold me off and make it a long bout .
3 He toiled long hours , and devoted himself to Mother 's needs .
4 After this he spent long periods in Madeira until his death in 1907 .
5 Despite all this external activity he spent long periods of time in his diocese , active in every facet of ecclesiastical administration , as is revealed by his register , the first to survive for the diocese of Winchester .
6 He spent long hours in the House of Commons and he was skilful at the quiet conduct of minor business .
7 So he spent long days and evenings at Meadowbanks , working ( when he had done a stint of transcription ) on the manuscript which was destined to be the Walter Machin volume in the Payne 's Great Authors series of monographs .
8 He resented the inadequacy of the library , in which he worked long hours during such time as he was there .
9 His early ventures into freelance design had been reasonably successful ; with Leonie 's encouragement he worked long hours as a restaurant porter to earn enough money to buy a couple of ancient industrial machines which he set up at one end of the living room of his mother 's house .
10 He took long strides and he walked fast but he walked easily too and without great exertion .
11 He took long holidays , habitually spending a winter month in Switzerland and a summer month or more in France or Italy .
12 He wore long underwear and elastic suspenders held his socks .
13 It was n't the hard work he minded , he liked work , he liked long hours , he did n't want to slack off : it was the anxiety he could n't stand .
14 He had long hair , a square collar of white lace at the neck , and two white bands .
15 A Braemar vet , Ian Watt , said that he had long experience of co-operating with farmers and commented : ‘ Many years ago , I was involved with the MacRobert Trust on a consultancy basis .
16 He spent some time in Holland in the company of an Indian guru with whom he had long walks and conversations through which came the realization that he should build a new career around his two key interests : his satisfaction in working with children and his love of Art .
17 He had long whiskers which he was very proud of .
18 to bite into his art , he wrote long letters
19 He ran long fingers through his straight dark hair while exclaiming impatiently , ‘ It 's a pity you could n't have thought to ask about days off .
20 He ran long fingers through his dark hair in a gesture of extreme exasperation .
21 ‘ He says he likes Long Way Home very much indeed .
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