Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] have [vb pp] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Douglas McIldoon , of the EC , said : ‘ This document demonstrates that you have come a long way in this region and it will give us great pleasure in working with you to make it happen . ’
3 I think it 's fair to say that we 've gone a long , long way in Oxford to breaking down barriers with regard to the inspection priorities , and we are in a position within the city where we have nature of , if you like , technicians and staff that are doing jobs that in many other surrounding areas , and indeed throughout the country are the prerogative of E H O , and these include areas specified as high-risk by MAFF , and include a great bulk of all customer and consumer complaints .
4 It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go .
5 What follows may suggest that we have moved a long way from the consideration of reading .
6 ‘ We demonstrated that we have come a long way since our first game in Zimbabwe .
7 Seeing how nature treats an inept hedgehog made me very glad that we have won the long counter-insurgency war with nature in the western world : but too weak-minded a reverence for nature is going to allow us to treat fellow humans as if they were hedgehogs in the shrubbery .
8 But my grandparents had worked at Drogo since it was built , so we 've had a long link with the Drewes ; the family put in a word for me so I got the job .
9 But if a child mutates in a big way , so that it has moved a long distance away from its parent in genetic space , what are the odds of its being better than its parent ?
10 Always with resignation and with grief but buffered by the knowledge that he would no longer be in pain and confusion , by the fact that he 'd had a long and lively life — that he would be at peace at last .
11 Her eyes opened and she saw that he had tugged a long strand of hair free and was playing it between his fingers .
12 I retraced my steps , by this time it was 7 pm and I 'd done a long walk and about 45 miles on the bike .
13 Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little .
14 I 'm used to being on my own and you 've had a long day . ’
15 And she 's got a long time to use this money , and okay this might be sufficient now , but will it be when she 's seventy , seventy five , so we 've got to make that money work so
16 Place each new roll at the end of the spiral until you have made a long , coiled snake shape .
17 She was feeling as if she 'd made a long , exhausting hike instead of just the kilometre or so that she 'd actually walked , but it was n't a bad feeling .
18 If you have spent a long day on the airfield , it will be difficult to refuse your turn to fly , even if you are tired .
19 In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch .
20 Yes cos you 've got a long way
21 In situations where tempers are getting raised , we can stand back and make everyone aware of what is happening and the effect on progress : ‘ We all seem to be getting very heated about this , and we 've come a long way from the main issue .
22 H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes .
23 The new owners will continue to develop distribution in Wales for Harp , Kronenbourg 1664 and Satzenbrau Pils and they have signed a long term trading deal with Harp for the supply of Harp and Guinness products .
24 This coolness arises in part from fear of the opponents , who have the laws on their side , and partly from the incredulity of men , who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them .
25 Even a king must die , or be overthrown , and he had had a long reign .
26 The barman looked like he 'd had a long day 's journey into night , although the monocle and the silk smoking-jacket were as natty as ninepence .
27 The stranger 's clothes were dusty and muddy , as if he had travelled a long way .
28 That one 's nice over by there cos it 's got the long hair .
29 But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference .
30 But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage .
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