Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my case , and I am sure I am not alone in this , I can picture in my mind 's eye every summit I have reached in a long life without confusion of identity . |
| 2 | Archbishop Eames said : ‘ I have believed for a long time there is a crying need for the Churches to examine the problem of sectarianism in depth . |
| 3 | I will feel a greater feeling of personal well being … a greater feeling of personal safety … and security … than I have felt for a long , long time . |
| 4 | ‘ I have felt for a long time that the only way this issue was going to be resolved was to have it fixed on a political level — that it would n't just fade away . |
| 5 | I have lived through a long nightmare and am shattered by what was done to me . |
| 6 | On a video-film made at Highlander entitled ‘ Save our Land and People , ’ a variety of these groups speak to each other about their own problems and possible solutions , hopes and fears , and I think it is no accident that some of the most beautiful music and evocative songs which I have heard for a long time comes from these people . |
| 7 | ‘ Marcus is the best young athlete and talent I have seen for a long time , ’ said Allison . |
| 8 | If you saw it over the weekend I mean there was I think it was group sex er it was it wa was gay sex and it was all going on I mean it was all I thought it was the most exciting thing I have seen for a long time to be quite honest . |
| 9 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
| 10 | This has been one of the best Friday debates that I have attended for a long time . |
| 11 | This is a pity because his book was one of the most interesting textbooks I have read for a long time . |
| 12 | It was the best experience I have had for a long time . ’ |
| 13 | You have hidden for a long time , Maggie , and missed so much . ’ |
| 14 | You do n't expect that from people you have known for a long time . |
| 15 | Your friends usually are the one you have known for a long period of time , for example at work or at university . |
| 16 | ‘ Our side against Huddersfield will be the most experienced we have fielded for a long time . |
| 17 | We have argued for a long time that there is a peripheral argument that in the strategic interests of the nation we should be concerned about the coal industry . |
| 18 | We have accepted for a long time that traumatic stress incidents are the basis of an industrial injury claim . |
| 19 | We have known for a long time that there is no one right way to analyze a proposed capital investment . |
| 20 | But the Premier League clubs did come up with two positive measures in what Parry described as ‘ the most constructive meeting we have had for a long time . ’ |
| 21 | They are perhaps playing a more prominent part than they have done for a long time . |
| 22 | Besides , the variations in the pattern and emphasis of such courses seem to have grown up largely pragmatically , as a function of the organizational ‘ discretion ’ that both institutions and academics have in responding to the needs , pressures and priorities they have perceived over a long period of time . |
| 23 | In calling for a vote on European union , TODAY is speaking up for what most of us have wanted for a long time . |