Example sentences of "her [prep] the long " in BNC.

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1 She had no trouble in registering with a secretarial agency , and a variety of jobs carried her through the long , drab days .
2 ‘ But I am , ’ he asserted with a grin , steering her towards the long metallic midnight-blue convertible parked a little way along the road .
3 It stayed with her throughout the long and endlessly delayed journey across France .
4 When a few minutes later , amid the oohs and aahs from the three women , she stood and looked at the person staring back at her from the long mirror , she could n't believe it was herself .
5 ‘ Her legs were bandaged in leather swathes , protecting her from the long , cruel needles of the prickly pear .
6 And I suppose we might have lost her in the long run , but not just yet . ’
7 For she was old when Tabitha Jute first set eyes upon her , when she dragged the tarpaulins from her in the long grass of that neglected vineyard .
8 He had sat with her in the long dark evenings , had made sure she ate at mealtimes .
9 She pulled him down beside her in the long grass , and smiled shyly at him as she undressed .
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