Example sentences of "[pron] have a long [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I had a long talk once with the very bright lady who accompanied him in his early days , a lady of charm and accomplishment and infinitely more mature than Niki was . |
2 | ‘ I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | We 've a long day ahead of us tomorrow , ’ Travis agreed , but there was something in his voice that alerted Paige to the fact that he had more to say , and that it was n't particularly good news . |
5 | I know that we 've a long way today er to go today but would you just bear that in mind colleagues . |
6 | We arrived back at about seven pm , had our evening meal and then got an early night because we had a long day ahead of us . |
7 | Some of them you remember the table we had a long time ago showing the reactivity of different elements , particularly the metals when we were looking at metals . |
8 | You know , we had a long time really just to kind of toss out . |
9 | ‘ You ladies take far too long over your drinks , and we have a long drive ahead of us . ’ |
10 | ‘ We have a long ride ahead of us tomorrow . |
11 | The nation-state is inevitably becoming weaker as power goes both up to Europe and down to regions and districts , but it has a long life yet , and the British people have many uses for it . |
12 | He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around . |