Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] have a long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He said : ‘ Clay County wrenched the muscles in his quarters when dropping his hind legs in the water jump at Nottingham , so we decided to give the Cheltenham Festival a miss and let him have a long break . |
2 | Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases . |
3 | We moved in with them , although it meant I had a long journey to the hospital every day and I had to sleep there when I was on call , and we stayed with them until he was nine . |
4 | The ‘ celebratory drink ’ fast developed into a full-scale party , but Shannon managed to make her excuses and leave , knowing she had a long drive ahead of her . |
5 | I thought you had a long Christmas break ? |
6 | If she was waiting for him to say that she did n't need to diet she had a long wait . |
7 | " Do you have a long way to go ? " |
8 | The sponsorship money will be used to upgrade facilities at the Stoop Memorial Ground because , according to chairman Roger Looker , ‘ We recognise we have a long way to go towards what we consider to be adequate facilities , particularly if we sustain our growth ’ . |
9 | One of the things we did n't mention , deliberately , which I , I know Richard said they had a long debate about was child labour . |