Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] have a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Knowing that she had a long day in front of her , Laura decided to follow her friend 's good example .
2 Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection .
3 I know that we 've a long way today er to go today but would you just bear that in mind colleagues .
4 We know from our informal discussions with politicians of all shades of opinion that we have a long way to go , but many have been sympathetic to our aims .
5 A Union of Democratic Forces spokesman , Mr Georgi Spassov , said : ‘ This demonstrates that we have a long way to go before we have true democracy in Bulgaria . ’
6 The revolution that resulted in molecular biology enabled us to begin to understand many of the processes in the cell at the molecular level , although it must be stressed that we have a long way to go .
7 It was a relief to all of them when at half-past ten Robina got up and declared firmly that they had a long journey and must now go .
8 Consequently 21 per cent of the population of Great Britain report that they have a long standing limiting illness ( 19 per cent of males and 22 per cent of females ) .
9 My grandfather , who was one of the aircraft pioneers , told me that he had a long argument with Cody about whether a certain member was in tension or in compression in flight .
10 She does n't know any of their names , but she remembers that he had a long scar running right up his hand .
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