Example sentences of "had a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had a long journey back to Holland . |
| 2 | Probably the greatest scientific panjandrum of the 19th century , Thomson had a long association with transoceanic cables . |
| 3 | They all had a long tradition of agrarian troubles , and all suffered from overpopulation and land scarcity . |
| 4 | This boyish hatred of military interference to put down Communism in Russia had a long consequence . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , we had a long talk , ’ Sheila said airily . |
| 6 | ( They had a long argument over this . ) |
| 7 | A carpenter , he had a long record of hard work , and his family were dependent on his income . |
| 8 | Ruth Hill-Williams writes : J.P.M.Millar had a long life ( obituary , December 7 ) , and his death signals the end of an era . |
| 9 | ‘ All join up for a conga , ’ I called over the racket , and soon we had a long snake winding its way in and out of the tables and finally through the door . |
| 10 | He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around . |
| 11 | She said , ‘ Well , he had a long white beard and robe of course . |
| 12 | He came to two of my concerts and afterwards we had a long talk . |
| 13 | He showed her that like him she had a long life-line . |
| 14 | ‘ On December 16 , I had a long talk with Kevin and Ian . |
| 15 | British officials denied the conditions were already virtually fulfilled by Serbia , saying that Mr Milosevic ‘ had a long way to go ’ before the EC would be satisfied . |
| 16 | After visiting No 10 , the outspoken MP for Derbyshire South and former junior health minister , said : ‘ The Prime Minister and I had a long and friendly discussion , and I was very honoured to be asked to join his Government . |
| 17 | They had a long discussion on the longevity of seeds and no doubt Kalm delighted in the Dictionary and later set out in his Diary a splendid commendation : |
| 18 | Candy , who had a long history of violence , reported that , while he was in Reading on 22 June , an Italian named Mike , whom he knew slightly , approached him and suggested that they rob a shopkeeper in the town . |
| 19 | In the event , Eugénie had a long and difficult labour — over 12 hours — as the Emperor told the Queen in a letter of 17 March , which followed his personal telegram of the previous day . |
| 20 | It was also in this film , when he had a long and exacting monologue at the end , that he finally saw it as what he termed an allegory to his own career : he had the chance of taking a university scholarship but instead chose to take to the road and share his life with some interesting characters , though by this stage of the story in the film itself , Dupea 's liberation is being challenged . |
| 21 | Langdale had a long association with spinning and weaving and there were several galleries in the area . |
| 22 | Martha saved herself from relegation to a junior class by reciting the whole of Psalm 103 , one of Nana 's favourites , in morning assembly ; after this feat her teacher had a long conversation above her head with her mother , and began to come to their house on Saturdays to give her extra lessons . |
| 23 | Delhi Junction had a long , curving , double-arcaded front , in redbrick Eurasian Gothic , with small crenellated towers , the only hint of decoration being supplied by blinds on all the windows . |
| 24 | It had a long colonial veranda and a high cupola , while the terminus of the railway , Tank Road Station at the docks , had a tower which made it an aid to ships navigating the harbour . |
| 25 | The woman was in black stilettoes , walking slowly and evidently in pain — as if she had walked into the country in inappropriate shoes and was blistered and had a long way to go , as if this hot summer wind from the chalk hills was almost too much for her . |
| 26 | Totally miserable , he had a long , serious chat with Mike Turner of Cambridge about his training and demon drink problems and went home with much to think about . |
| 27 | Cancer research had a long tradition of support from private contributions , but new charities devoted to particular diseases , such as arthritis and rheumatism , leukaemia , and muscular dystrophy , were founded and became a great source of strength to workers whose interests had or might have application to the desired objectives . |
| 28 | Six feet tall , he was in his forties , had a long bony face tapering to a pointed jaw . |
| 29 | Trevino , raised in poverty , had a long , hard road to golf stardom , including some tough years after turning pro . |
| 30 | He had a long putt for a 61 and how he wanted that 61 ! |