Example sentences of "he [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her nephew , Tim , was Miss Miggs 's only relative , and he lived a long way away up in the North . |
| 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 | Between 1 and 15 June , following the electoral success of the Popular Front , he produced a long report on Spain for La Correspondance internationale , the French language version of the Communist International political weekly . |
| 4 | He got a long sentence . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He drew a long breath . |
| 7 | His face had grown pale at the harshness of the rebuke and he drew a long breath before replying . |
| 8 | He drew a long breath , keeping it clear , keeping it steady , keeping it low . |
| 9 | He has a long way to go before equalling last year 's prize money of £42,399 , but the wonder horse proved that he is again in irresistible form when opening Whitaker 's account with a first prize of £3,700 . |
| 10 | But he has a long way to go to close down Sir Teddy 's 15,000 majority . |
| 11 | He has a long and distinguished career in public health medicine : he was the first doctor to give a patient penicillin in 1941 and then moved to the post of director of the Medical Research Council 's Pneumoconiosis Research Unit , investigating diseases of the lung . |
| 12 | He has a long involvement with the Institute stretching back over four decades and until recently was Chairman of the Membership Board as well as being Senior Vice President . |
| 13 | He might have added : But he has a long memory for those that let him down . |
| 14 | I believe that 's something that needs to be looked at and if the government were prepared to embark on a review of auditing er generally then that is something that I think there is some useful point in pursuing further er it 's interesting that er er erm when Bingham examined this point at paragraph three er point three nine in his report er he has a long paragraph er discussing these matters and er he says that er he at the end of the day he does n't come to a concluded view er although he does er acknowledge the fact that there are many people er depositors or example , share holders and employees who might have an interest in a particular company . |
| 15 | Obviously he has a long way to mature physically , but he 's surpassed our hopes . |
| 16 | He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open … |
| 17 | He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open … |
| 18 | He has a long way to go but he has the right attitude . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He has a long nose and a long face . |
| 21 | And she said er Angela said to her oh poor Neil has to stays in bed until one o'clock every Saturday and then on Sunday he has a he gets up late and then he has a long rest in the afternoon and Pam said to me he 's copping out . |
| 22 | He 's given me a few jokes but only ones he used a long time ago ! ’ |
| 23 | On the fourth day he received a long chatty letter from Eleanor . |
| 24 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |
| 25 | But he came a long way round from a long way back , and O'Brien , by no means a habitual blamer of jockeys , is still convinced they should have won . |
| 26 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
| 27 | He dropped a long , searching kiss on her mouth , then took her shaking hand and laid it against the powerful , overpowering size of his arousal . |
| 28 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 29 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 30 | With the Triplane boring in from behind he fired a long burst at the dead centre of the bag , and saw the fabric split and flare . |