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

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1 He has come a long way since he worked as a production runner with James Wong Howe and Martin Ritt in a coal-mining village in Pennsylvania .
2 He has come a long way from the rough-edged , bearded Glaswegian to the rich , Hollywood smoothie , all tan and haircut .
3 Either way he has come a long way in a very short time , especially for someone who left journalism for PR at the age of 22 after failing to break into daily newspapers .
4 No , I , I gather he has taken a long weekend , I do n't know where he 's whisked himself off to , but I 'm afraid I wo n't be here , er next week , I do n't know , quite know who will be , but er , Dominic 's taking er , a well needed rest .
5 He jumps at home only when he has had a long rest and needs a quick reminder of what the job is all about ; otherwise his jumping is confined to the shows .
6 He 'd realized a long time ago that he 'd married a woman who cuddled complete strangers in the street and probably had a season ticket for West Ham in her handbag .
7 He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox .
8 He 'd fought a long battle against the boys ’ religious indoctrination .
9 The barman looked like he 'd had a long day 's journey into night , although the monocle and the silk smoking-jacket were as natty as ninepence .
10 Besides , he 'd learned a long time before that you can love a person without loving what they do .
11 He had made a long journey , borrowing fuel for his plane .
12 The stranger 's clothes were dusty and muddy , as if he had travelled a long way .
13 Her eyes opened and she saw that he had tugged a long strand of hair free and was playing it between his fingers .
14 He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy .
15 He had had a long drive and , in the face of great provocation , behaved , on the whole , exceedingly well .
16 Even a king must die , or be overthrown , and he had had a long reign .
17 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 .
18 He had come a long way , he believed , since the Speaker paper ( October 1897 ) , ‘ Shadows of the Hills ’ .
19 He had come a long way since his early days as a security guard with a small outfit , had climbed with Buckmaster .
20 He had come a long way with the Elder , as had his family from time immemorial .
21 He had come a long way .
22 He had come a long way from there to this home in Ireland .
23 He had walked a long way that day .
24 He 's come a long way since then — but underneath he 's still the same determined , death-defying Barry Sheene .
25 I know he 's had a long time out with injury but he must be all right now or he would n't be playing . ’
26 He 's got a long memory and can be rather spiteful .
27 He 's got a long plug has n't he ?
28 He 's got a long way to go home , ’ said Ray Shepherd quietly .
29 The birth was on July 1st and at 7 lb 7 oz he 's got a long way to go to catch up to dad .
30 He 's got a long way to go to find it .
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