Example sentences of "[pron] has [vb pp] a long " in BNC.

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1 He ‘ s had a couple of bumps , as well , one of which has left a long and jagged crease in the body almost from headlight to tail-light ; that one was n't his fault , but he drove away from it fast to avoid the questions that would certainly follow .
2 The Queen as Head of State gives overall stability to the political system and the Prime Minister as Head of Government is one who has served a long apprenticeship in parliament in high office of state and who is the elected leader of a party which has the confidence of the nation .
3 The investment represents a personal victory for the city 's Principal Arts Officer , Elizabeth Goodall , who has led a long campaign to educate local politicians of the cultural and economic rewards to be reaped from properly investing in the visual arts infrastructure .
4 Another super-domestique of great experience is Sean Yates from Sussex , who has won a long time trial stage in the tour .
5 We bring the Guinness Spot to a close with a local musician who has had a long and distinguished career in the country and blues divisions of rock .
6 She has waited a long time for rest .
7 She has come a long way from 1755 when John Whiston described her poetry as ‘ extremely fit for young ladies … ‘
8 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 .
9 He has come a long way from the rough-edged , bearded Glaswegian to the rich , Hollywood smoothie , all tan and haircut .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 But if a child mutates in a big way , so that it has moved a long distance away from its parent in genetic space , what are the odds of its being better than its parent ?
14 Another dealer explained : ‘ There are some punters who will buy a stock just because it has fallen a long way . ’
15 It has had a long and complicated history ; but , at the present day , the form required by law for the creation and transfer of estates and interests in land is both uniform and simple .
16 France has had no super-communications ministry ; but it has had a long tradition of state control , planning and Jacobin centralism .
17 It has come a long way in the last decade .
18 One of these types is the de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou and over the years it has attracted a long list of very satisfied customers .
19 It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control .
20 It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
21 It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly .
22 It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added .
23 Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic .
24 It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived .
25 It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement .
26 It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
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