Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have [art] 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 .
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