Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amount of people crammed into offices out here , they should have built longer trains . |
| 2 | He poured the wine and said , ‘ It should have had longer … ’ |
| 3 | In 1954 it was a long journey by rail from Glasgow to Paris , and it must have seemed longer to me . |
| 4 | They must have had long journies , so I expect they 're having a lie in , I know I would . |
| 5 | Creggan might have stayed longer but that he became aware of a man silhouetted on the skyline . |
| 6 | For the first time she found herself wondering whether he had resented not only Hugo but all the family , and whether that subsequent betrayal could have had long roots in the soil of an old envy . |
| 7 | I would have dallied longer but the venerable Bere came down to wish us farewell . |
| 8 | Talbot would have taken long odds that he was cold sober . |
| 9 | He will have spent long years mastering this art . |