Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago ! |
2 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
3 | ‘ They say they 're tough and taste of fish , ’ Marian said ; ‘ we shall have to roast it a long time . ’ |
4 | It may have taken me a long time to find out about him . |
5 | Ernest Jarvis did what he had to do elaborately , and it must have taken him a long time . |