Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [vb pp] a long " 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 's come a long way since then — but underneath he 's still the same determined , death-defying Barry Sheene . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He 's had a long , hard war , Dr Cameron . ’ |
| 9 | He 's got a long memory and can be rather spiteful . |
| 10 | He 's got a long way to go home , ’ said Ray Shepherd quietly . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Well he 's got a long wait . |
| 13 | but he 's got a long inside leg measurement , he says yes I 've got a very long inside measur leg measurement , I 'm thirty one inside leg and I thought |
| 14 | He 's got a long way to go to find it . |
| 15 | He 's got a long plug has n't he ? |