Example sentences of "he had [verb] [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had to go the long way around , but it gave him plenty of time to watch for any indication that there might be anybody at home . |
| 2 | The stranger 's clothes were dusty and muddy , as if he had travelled a long way . |
| 3 | He had come a long way , he believed , since the Speaker paper ( October 1897 ) , ‘ Shadows of the Hills ’ . |
| 4 | He had come a long way since his early days as a security guard with a small outfit , had climbed with Buckmaster . |
| 5 | He had come a long way with the Elder , as had his family from time immemorial . |
| 6 | He had come a long way . |
| 7 | He had come a long way from there to this home in Ireland . |
| 8 | He had learnt the proper way of cleaning and boning Sir Dermot 's shoes and " doing " his lovely old clothes . |
| 9 | He had walked a long way that day . |
| 10 | With hindsight it would have saved a lot of heartbreak if he had looked the other way . |