Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hope they 've gone a long way , ’ said Pascoe . |
| 2 | ‘ They 've waited a long time . |
| 3 | They 've got a long list , and I assume that the non long listed candidates have been told ? |
| 4 | They 've come a long way since those days though — the soles of that pair were completely worn through after 400 miles walking in the Andes so that I ended up walking in my socks ! |
| 5 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 6 | Minutes later they had joined the long cordon of armed men , strung out at five yard intervals on the grass verge opposite the woods , from which the sounds of gunfire , explosions , whistle blowing and yelling were now appreciably closer . |
| 7 | They had gone a long way without her even knowing it and they were riding beside the lake she had seen from the air . |
| 8 | And this kiss was meaningless , because there was nothing behind it ; it was only the last flickering spark of something they had destroyed a long time ago . |
| 9 | At Carole 's insistence they had climbed the long metal ladder which led inside from the roof of the nave to the top of the tower : Henry went first , Amaranth second ; by some accident of fate , David followed on her heels , leaving an indignant Carole to bring up the rear . |
| 10 | ‘ They had come a long way from a meeting in the very early days when Sunil Desai , Jayaben 's son and then secretary of the strike committee , had suggested that the men do the picketing and the women make the tea . |
| 11 | They had come a long way very fast . |
| 12 | All in all , they have travelled a long way since that night when Santos led a nervous band of campesinos , complete with a BBC camera crew , onto Doña Elsa 's cattle ranch . |
| 13 | The new owners will continue to develop distribution in Wales for Harp , Kronenbourg 1664 and Satzenbrau Pils and they have signed a long term trading deal with Harp for the supply of Harp and Guinness products . |
| 14 | This coolness arises in part from fear of the opponents , who have the laws on their side , and partly from the incredulity of men , who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them . |
| 15 | After all , they have had a long time to become used to them . |