Example sentences of "[noun] had [vb pp] for a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Balcon was the sort of producer the British film industry had needed for a long time . |
| 2 | Then he had gone , and the Curator had stared for a long time after him , and then at the golden eagle who stared blankly back at him . |
| 3 | In most of the other colonies , Europeans had ruled for a long time . |
| 4 | Alexandra had gone for a long walk before replying to this letter . |
| 5 | Peggy had lived for a long time with an aunt while her daddy and mummy were abroad , and she had been spoilt by always getting her own way . |