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

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1 However , the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , written a mere four years after the birth of that Fellowship , says " to be gravely affected , one does not necessarily have to drink a long time , nor take the quantities some of us have . "
2 He said : ‘ If he does n't select and stalk his victim , and obviously he did n't in the last three cases , he 'd normally have to expect a long wait .
3 We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter .
4 Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport .
5 It does n't have to take a long time , it 's up to us here and now .
6 A path is simply a set of instructions like that , but you do n't have to type a long string of commands to do the job .
7 You do n't have to write a long article .
8 And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call .
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