Example sentences of "he [verb] [art] long [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously he has a long way to mature physically , but he 's surpassed our hopes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But he has a long way to go to close down Sir Teddy 's 15,000 majority . |
| 4 | He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open … |
| 5 | He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open … |
| 6 | He has a long way to go but he has the right attitude . ’ |
| 7 | He used the long passageways to reassure himself that no one followed , before emerging at the start of avenue Foch . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
| 10 | McCarthy 's mistake came in the 76th minute when he allowed a long ball to go over his head , and Guy Whittingham nipped in for the equaliser . |
| 11 | His dark-brown eyes burnt into mine ; he took a long moment to reply . |
| 12 | He took a long time to answer the door and his painful movements towards and into his armchair explained why . |
| 13 | Anne : he had a long way to go do you think he 's done enough to survive ? |