Example sentences of "[noun] had [vb pp] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | His diffidence with secondary art teachers , he intimated , was because he believed that these folk had had longer formal training and more paper qualifications than himself . |
| 2 | The day had seemed longer than usual , Claudia thought as she let herself into her flat with a sigh of relief . |
| 3 | Her father had worked long hours for the convent in his time , he had paid many times over in advance for his child to be housed and educated , had he but known it . |
| 4 | In the years prior to the Second World War , a small group of pioneers had spent long periods exploring the Libyan desert in vehicles . |
| 5 | But after university , despite our protestations of eternal friendship and vows to get together , the gaps between our meetings and our phone calls had got longer and longer . |
| 6 | Blanche wished her patience had lasted longer but she shrugged stoically . |
| 7 | And she and her friend Betty had spent long hours together , playing tennis and squash and doing a bit of swimming . |