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

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1 Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . "
2 After all , they have had a long time to become used to them .
3 Certainly we have gone a long way to improve the ‘ traditional ’ British Rail sandwich . ’
4 The links between sport , the media ‘ and big business ‘ which are now so important , have taken a long time to forge .
5 The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps .
6 The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps .
7 Residents have fought a long campaign to stop some motorists using the roads as a race track .
8 ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says .
9 ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me .
10 I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error .
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