Example sentences of "he [verb] [art] long [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In front of him stretched a long queue of women each clutching a copy of As the Crow Flies . |
| 2 | He whispered a long coil of Chinese phrases to his boy helper , and the child looked up at me , almond eyes shining in a brim-shadowed face . |
| 3 | Nicetius of Trier threatened to excommunicate Theudebert I for adultery , and he frequently excommunicated Chlothar I. He heads a long line of saints who dared to challenge the Merovingians on their sexual profligacy . |
| 4 | He has a long list of Parliamentary posts , including chairing the Parliamentary panel on charity law , acting as deputy chairman of the foreign affairs forum and secretary of both the back bench arts committee and smaller businesses committee . |
| 5 | He allowed a long streamer of mucus to hang from his mouth , watching as it struck the white enamel of the sink and trickled slowly into the plughole , leaving a crimson slick behind it . |
| 6 | Gothic he stated was not the national style its exponents claimed , but a foreign importation and as if to counter his own question to Scott , he recited a long list of classical public buildings in Britain and Ireland . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | With one hand smoothing her unruly hair , and the other resting on her hip , he gave a long sigh of contentment . |
| 9 | He had a long history of truancy . |
| 10 | A carpenter , he had a long record of hard work , and his family were dependent on his income . |
| 11 | That he had the long record of offenses , mainly dishonesty and some for violence against the police . |