Example sentences of "he had [vb pp] a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He had made a long journey , borrowing fuel for his plane .
2 The stranger 's clothes were dusty and muddy , as if he had travelled a long way .
3 Her eyes opened and she saw that he had tugged a long strand of hair free and was playing it between his fingers .
4 He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy .
5 He had had a long drive and , in the face of great provocation , behaved , on the whole , exceedingly well .
6 Even a king must die , or be overthrown , and he had had a long reign .
7 Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class .
8 He had come a long way , he believed , since the Speaker paper ( October 1897 ) , ‘ Shadows of the Hills ’ .
9 He had come a long way since his early days as a security guard with a small outfit , had climbed with Buckmaster .
10 He had come a long way with the Elder , as had his family from time immemorial .
11 He had come a long way .
12 He had come a long way from there to this home in Ireland .
13 He had walked a long way that day .
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