Example sentences of "[vb past] had a 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 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | They 'd had a long , hard , cold morning 's work and levity took over . |
6 | She had had a long treatment session , and then decided , possibly over-ambitiously , to visit her brother for tea , walking part of the way . |
7 | It was St Patrick 's Night , 1912 , and Sergeant O'Neil had had a long day , what with the parade and all . |
8 | Even a king must die , or be overthrown , and he had had a long reign . |
9 | Miss Lodsworth had had a long day . |
10 | Ballylumford had had a long , bitter industrial dispute a few months earlier and the scars were raw and unhealed . |
11 | He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy . |
12 | He had had a long and tiring journey , flights from Frankfurt , Heathrow and Glasgow all having been delayed or cancelled . |
13 | He had had a long drive and , in the face of great provocation , behaved , on the whole , exceedingly well . |
14 | Then when Evans went in to a selection committee meeting , the reason for Connon 's presence that night , Dalziel had had a long talk with Gwen . |
15 | We had had a long wet day on the moors but in the late afternoon the weather cleared . |
16 | A few days ago , they had had a long and intense discussion about acting , and he had read through some scenes with her , and told her she had great talent and great beauty . |
17 | The fourth John Booth founded another major firm in partnership with John Hartop and George Binks , whose own families also had had a long involvement in the local metal trades . |
18 | And it was apparently during that hospital visit that Ross and his brother had had a long serious talk about what would be best for the children . |