Example sentences of "he [vb past] a long [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The driver , as it turned out , was a retired admiral , and unfortunately he spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 5 | His dark-brown eyes burnt into mine ; he took a long moment to reply . |
| 6 | He took a long time to answer the door and his painful movements towards and into his armchair explained why . |
| 7 | Anne : he had a long way to go do you think he 's done enough to survive ? |
| 8 | She does n't know any of their names , but she remembers that he had a long scar running right up his hand . |
| 9 | On one Borrowdale route , Deja Vu , he left a long sling dangling down to aid an injured second . |
| 10 | From the back of the room where they were made to stand apart from the family for the rest of the ceremony , the three children were able to hear only snatches of their grandfather 's words as he conducted a long discourse praising the virtues of his dead parent . |