Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] have [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Often , and particularly with those individuals who have spent long hours in heavy manual labour , there has perhaps not been the time or energy to develop such interests or hobbies .
2 It is of course the case that it is the speech of the first set whose language tends to be described in descriptions of the language ( grammars ) , since descriptions are typically written by middle-aged people who have spent long years reading written language .
3 Certain States in fact claim reimbursement of high fees and daily allowances and travel costs of witnesses who have to travel long distances , although these costs should normally be borne by the requested State , unless Article 26 can be invoked .
4 so I said , she 's the same age as me , she said god , she looked much older than you I said yeah I know , I says it cheers you up doing surgery do n't it seeing all these people that look terrible for their age , so she says well I though she looked older than me , I says yes she does look older , I do n't have , I do n't know how old Sue is , I think she 's forty , I think she 's forty , but this woman she 's got long hair
5 Some acupuncturists find that they can not treat patients who have had long courses of antibiotic therapy until several months after this treatment has finished .
6 In many cases they have gone long periods before they have even made a profit .
7 One year they 've got long hair and spend their spare time reading Marx , the next they 're shorn like sheep and as conservative as hell .
8 Prior to Arran I had walked long days sometimes speaking to no one and moving through completely new landscapes .
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