Example sentences of "had a [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've had a little longer to form an opinion than I have . |
| 2 | ‘ Yet in the long run — and we have already had a pretty long run — the results are potentially devastating . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've had a very long and happy life without sex . |
| 4 | Yes and on the whole recently we 've had prisoners who been imprison for sort of two or three years , we 've , we 've made up petitions , we 've sent postcards and we 've , we 've written letters and er they 've been released in reasonably short space of time , but then mostly the prisoners which , who have n't had a very long sentence , unlike the one I mentioned on the way here tonight , have the Russian who had been in thirty years |
| 5 | ‘ He does n't usually throw tantrums , ’ Ashley said ruefully , as Vitor came round from the boot , ‘ but he has had a very long day . ’ |
| 6 | He 's had a very long and trying ordeal , and apart from his physical injuries he 's had the cold and damp to deal with too , so his body 's had a pretty severe challenge . |
| 7 | why were the Neanderthals , who as a species of human being had had a much longer pedigree , vulnerable to the Cro-Magnons ? |