Example sentences of "his long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly Middlemass eased his long arms from his overall . |
| 2 | He had taken cover , but bobbed up to shrug his long arms in answer to Defries 's enquiring look . |
| 3 | He had been elsewhere , rapt in meditation , as the harvest of his long withdrawal from the world came home . |
| 4 | Tepilit runs up to the lion , draws his long knife from its sheath and sticks it into the lion 's throat . |
| 5 | Veterinary historians still differ sharply about the effect his long spell in charge of the College had on the emerging profession . |
| 6 | And the body of the Cid was prepared after this manner : first it was embalmed and anointed as the history hath already recounted , and the virtue of the balsam and myrrh was such that the flesh remained firm and fair , having its natural colour , and his countenance as it was wont to be , and the eyes open , and his long beard in order , so that there was not a man who would have thought him dead if he had seen him and not known it . |
| 7 | His long reflection on the divine ordering of the universe did not extend to principles of political organization , and certainly not to opposition to the established order . |
| 8 | Yet at the same time he was edging back from his long concern with heroic valour , or hobbitic moral courage . |
| 9 | ‘ God witness , ’ said Llewelyn , drumming his long fingers on the arms of his chair in a hard-driven rhythm that was always a key to the stresses of his mind , ‘ it could not have come at a worse time . |
| 10 | But the attack , when it came , came from an entirely unexpected quarter , leaving her completely without defence , as in one easy move he thrust his long fingers into her mane of hair and pulled her to him , his mouth silencing the startled cry on her lips . |
| 11 | Vass spread his long fingers over the chair arms and seemed to contemplate them for a moment . |
| 12 | Sharpe discovered that before his long absences through injury and illness ; Giggs has been finding out this year . |
| 13 | His long experience of bird watching in the hills of Arran had taught him the best vantage points . |
| 14 | The Vice-Chancellor of Brunel University , Dr Topping , with his long experience of the NCTA , thought ‘ it may be cheaper in the non-university sector , but we do not know ’ . |
| 15 | This bipartisan support reflected appreciation of his long experience in the CIA and his past co-operation with congressional oversight of the CIA . |
| 16 | We were also lucky enough to find Goutama , whom I remembered as a young syce in the Legation stables when I was a boy ; he had accompanied my father on his long trek to Nairobi in 1914 . |
| 17 | He , too , had combed his long hair for the outing and had gone to the lengths of scrubbing the blue paint from his fingers . |
| 18 | Alex Orton-Green , 15 , of the Funky Junky Party , wore his long hair in a pigtail , and Robert Hutchinson , 15 , representing the Football Supporters-Normal Persons Party , was standing for everyone who thinks rugby is boring . |
| 19 | The attendant watched her , hoping that she would get a little closer to the picture , so that he could relieve the boredom of his long day by telling her to stand back . |
| 20 | Like Rembrandt , Max Beckmann was preoccupied throughout his long life with the delineation of his own image . |
| 21 | Their small mission accomplished , Tennyson and Hallam sank back to being tourists , and Tennyson never forgot the scenery around Cauterets , which he associated for the rest of his long life with the happiness he had felt when travelling there with the beloved but now dead Hallam . |
| 22 | He pulled on a bright yellow weatherproof jacket over his thick jersey and moleskin trousers , slid his long feet into rubber boots and collected some keys from the study . |
| 23 | If you would all join hands , make a communion , perhaps we can assist our friend on his long journey to this vale of tears … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I hope it sustains him on his long journey into obscurity , because I intend to make sure Michael Stein never works in the travel industry again . ’ |
| 25 | John Harris ( Team Northendon ) made his long journey from Lancashire pay with 6–13–0 of roach to 12 oz from peg 99 . |
| 26 | They saw him pass by , Jaunty and confident in his drainpipe trousers , his long Jacket with velvet cuffs and collar . |
| 27 | He smelled strongly of woodsmoke after his long hours in the lodge , nursing his father . |
| 28 | Mr La Malfa 's resignation was the biggest surprise of all , given his long crusade for moral reform . |
| 29 | Does he have to be reminded about his long meetings with apple-cheeked Maude the milkmaid at the back of my stables ? |
| 30 | He made a loss of £100 000 from his long position in shares , but this was more than offset by his profit of £118 000 from his short futures position . |