Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Erm , I 'd like to welcome you to the Industrial Training Board , I spent about four and a half years with training scheme , and I actually originated in er , engineering , so er , I 've got a long track record , perhaps of training and er , an even long track record working , so I wo n't give you too hard a time . |
| 32 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |
| 33 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 34 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
| 35 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
| 36 | I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer . |
| 37 | ‘ I have had a long chat with Stephen and told him I know that he is knocking at the door of the full international side , but I would rather he played and helped out in the match at Tannadice than did nothing at Ibrox . ’ |
| 38 | I have had a long history of muscular trouble , of a weak back . |
| 39 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
| 40 | But I have come a long way since then |
| 41 | I have taken a long look at local government finance . |
| 42 | But I I 'm wearing them all a little bit longer , except in the the winter cos I ca n't ca n't alter my coat I have got a longer summer coat to wear but the the one I had last year erm all the skirt showed beneath , I could n't walk about like that . |
| 43 | France 's Maghreb policy was criticized on Nov. 16 by the Polisario Front , which had waged a long struggle for independence in Western Sahara . |
| 44 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 45 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 46 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 47 | And I see you 've got the longest trip to the sunniest country . |
| 48 | I hear you 've come a long way . " |
| 49 | The Queen as Head of State gives overall stability to the political system and the Prime Minister as Head of Government is one who has served a long apprenticeship in parliament in high office of state and who is the elected leader of a party which has the confidence of the nation . |
| 50 | The investment represents a personal victory for the city 's Principal Arts Officer , Elizabeth Goodall , who has led a long campaign to educate local politicians of the cultural and economic rewards to be reaped from properly investing in the visual arts infrastructure . |
| 51 | Another super-domestique of great experience is Sean Yates from Sussex , who has won a long time trial stage in the tour . |
| 52 | He appears to be trying to escape a pursuer who has seized the long hair at the back of his head . |
| 53 | ‘ She has waited a long time for rest . |
| 54 | She has signed the long lease for the house inland , it will be for both of them , Deo volente , as she would say . |
| 55 | She has come a long way from 1755 when John Whiston described her poetry as ‘ extremely fit for young ladies … ‘ |
| 56 | The five-star novelist gave me an unfathomable glimmer when I closed the car door for her and remarked that she 'd had a long chat with Harry that afternoon on the telephone . |
| 57 | Kate , pregnant with her second baby , thought she knew what to expect when it came to giving birth , especially since she 'd had a long labour first time round . |
| 58 | But there are particular areas like this , you having to wait a long time and if you come into the building to go and see a film and you 've you 've left an hour to , to have some food you , you really should n't be missing the film because |
| 59 | Look , you 've made a long shadow . |
| 60 | ‘ Mr McKillop , you 've travelled a long way and you 've worked hard but I think this is as far as you 're likely to get . ’ |