Example sentences of "[conj] have [vb pp] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He always brought two , ancient black leather bags that had seen long service , into which he packed with great method all the gloves , tweezers , thermometers and rulers that long usage had shown him he needed . |
| 2 | A doll that 's got long hair and cries . |
| 3 | Both Margaret Thatcher and James Callaghan , for instance , had worked their way up through the structure of party ; they had spent a lifetime in politics and had served long periods of apprenticeship , first as backbenchers and then as junior ministers , ministers and shadow cabinet members . |
| 4 | As the vast majority of patients are elderly and have spent long periods in hospital , it is unrealistic to expect them to live independently or improve dramatically on discharge . |
| 5 | Dan Jones ( 64 ) has no formal qualifications but has had long experience in the distribution and sale of beers , wines and spirits as Marketing Manager for Palatine . |