Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | As we all know , not only in London but in many of our big cities , there are areas of great depression — neglected areas where there are thousands of people out of work — and those areas have existed for a long time . |
| 33 | I have lived through a long nightmare and am shattered by what was done to me . |
| 34 | If we find that magnets attached to cats will upset their ability to find their way home , then we are beginning , very dimly , to understand the amazing homing abilities that the animals have evolved over a long period of time . |
| 35 | This is a pity because his book was one of the most interesting textbooks I have read for a long time . |