Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [art] long [noun sg] " 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 | With the first of the ovens he 'd gone the long way through to the Hall 's kitchens , taking in the sights as he went . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox . |
| 9 | He 'd fought a long battle against the boys ’ religious indoctrination . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Besides , he 'd learned a long time before that you can love a person without loving what they do . |
| 12 | Even if he had got the kind of constitution that he wanted , could he have stomached the long period of economic rebuilding — with all its attendant constraints — that lay ahead of France in 1946 ? |
| 13 | As eighth reserve for the tournament the chances were slim , but he decided to make the long journey to Crooked Stick , Indiana , on the off-chance . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He had made a long journey , borrowing fuel for his plane . |
| 16 | While there , he naturally spent time at the dyeworks ; and twice , he had made the longer journey to Kouklia . |
| 17 | But the poem of his that he most needed reassurance about was Homage to Sextus Propertius ( 1919 ) , and for that he had to wait a long time . |
| 18 | The stranger 's clothes were dusty and muddy , as if he had travelled a long way . |
| 19 | Her eyes opened and she saw that he had tugged a long strand of hair free and was playing it between his fingers . |
| 20 | He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy . |
| 21 | He had had a long drive and , in the face of great provocation , behaved , on the whole , exceedingly well . |
| 22 | Even a king must die , or be overthrown , and he had had a long reign . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He had taken a longer walk than he intended and by the time he returned to the coast road at Newlyn it was quite dark . |
| 25 | He had to have a long swig of Bell 's to shift it . |
| 26 | He had come a long way , he believed , since the Speaker paper ( October 1897 ) , ‘ Shadows of the Hills ’ . |
| 27 | He had come a long way since his early days as a security guard with a small outfit , had climbed with Buckmaster . |
| 28 | He had come a long way with the Elder , as had his family from time immemorial . |
| 29 | He had come a long way . |
| 30 | He had come a long way from there to this home in Ireland . |