Example sentences of "have [verb] a long [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The investment represents a personal victory for the city 's Principal Arts Officer , Elizabeth Goodall , who has led a long campaign to educate local politicians of the cultural and economic rewards to be reaped from properly investing in the visual arts infrastructure .
2 This minor impediment for the flanker is just sufficient to allow a fraction more time and space for the half-back to get things moving and has gone a long way to assist in opening the game up .
3 I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed
4 The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble .
5 ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added .
6 Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic .
7 It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
8 It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
9 Such a measure has taken a long time to appear .
10 It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control .
11 He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox .
12 ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’
13 ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that .
14 And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call .
15 If she had said no he would have had a long way to jump .
16 Although you might have driven a long way to get there , do n't put yourself into a situation you ca n't handle .
17 Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time .
18 I had to wait a long time shut in .
19 And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’
20 ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’
21 I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress .
22 ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say .
23 You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own .
24 As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you .
25 mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ?
26 It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go .
27 You 've got a long way to travel .
28 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
29 They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon
30 I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now .
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