He did this automatically, out of a long-standing habit of leading Odo to believe that he was always trying to get away with something.

He got up and walked around the lab, checking instruments out of long-standing habit.

From long-standing habit, he sent her a purposefully dazzling smile.

And according to Pickard, it is far from the only long-standing habit that Korda has changed.

With a quick glance around main engineering- a long-standing habit that had developed as a consequence of her work- Gravenor approached the breach.

And then, too, it's such a long-standing habit.

Looking for something new is a long-standing habit of Kate's.

He rapped briskly on the desktop... a long-standing habit ever since he'd taken up the drums at an early age.

Ignoring Arthur was a long-standing habit with James.

Many rulers in the region have long-standing habits of control.