Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] a long time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh every year , oh well we 've got a long time to keep it going , within about the first , within about the first month daddy managed to get the iron on the top |
| 2 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 3 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 4 | After all , they have had a long time to become used to them . |
| 5 | It is a tribute not only to the management at Yarrow but to the workers , who have spent a long time removing ill-considered demarcation practices — and it is as a shipbuilder that I say that . |
| 6 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |
| 7 | The links between sport , the media ‘ and big business ‘ which are now so important , have taken a long time to forge . |
| 8 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 9 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 10 | ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says . |
| 11 | ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me . |
| 12 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
| 13 | These , these have lasted a long time have n't |