Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could she tell this hostile man that his brother had only suggested she pretend to be his fiancée as they 'd turned into the long drive leading up to Rocamar ? |
| 2 | Our team lost the game by 125 runs , but they reckoned overall it was the most enjoyable day 's cricket they 'd had in a long time . |
| 3 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 4 | But it has such appeal that the casinos are reporting more feverish betting activity than they 've known in a long time . |
| 5 | They had invested for the long term , if not in imperial unity ( and significantly , nothing was said at Worms about emperorship or empire ) , then in the coexistence of Lothar and Charles in the regnum francorum . |
| 6 | There had been a bitter dispute in the college ever since a group of young fellows returning after the war had voted many of the old fellows out of the college offices they had held for a long time . |
| 7 | Ahead of them was a little church not unlike the many they had passed on the long route-march from Etaples to the front . |
| 8 | They are perhaps playing a more prominent part than they have done for a long time . |
| 9 | 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 . |