Example sentences of "[pers pn] have long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claire said , ‘ I wish I had long hair . |
| 2 | I had long hair , then my mum cut it off and it was really short , so I think everyone thought I was a boy anyway . |
| 3 | John and I had long discussions on planning applications , I shall be interested to hear |
| 4 | and I 've long feet you see and if I put have me feet straight up like that it er it 's pressure on it |
| 5 | I have long memories of Lairg . |
| 6 | I have long dream 'd of such a kind of man , |
| 7 | She had long hair , and a short-skirt , but she did n't fit in , she was a mum . |
| 8 | It is all so silly , and I would n't take him so seriously if it was n't for the fact that five years ago he had an affair and , yes , she had long hair . |
| 9 | She had long legs and a mane of blonde hair ; as she laboured at her typewriter on classified memoranda she drew into North 's office a little stream of besotted admirers , and she was to be spotted after the scandal broke driving round Washington in her red sports car ( FAWN 1 ) , blowing smoke out of the windows . |
| 10 | She was tall , slender , thirty-plus ; she had long hands , red hair , and the kind of class that could make a shopgirl weep with envy . |
| 11 | Not only can this play hell with the smooth operation of a network , it can be a nightmare to troubleshoot , especially where you have long cable runs between machines . |
| 12 | The kindest way is to let it dry naturally , but if you have long hair , this is n't particularly practical in winter , so if you do use a dryer regularly , use a diffuser for a more gentle drying action . |
| 13 | In my day we had long skirts , near came right down to the ground . ’ |
| 14 | We had long talks together , usually over breakfasts of pancakes with maple syrup . |
| 15 | We had long discussions about whatever we liked , and during term-time Don Cattabianchi would sometimes help us with our homework . |
| 16 | In Committee , we had long discussions about that , and were genuinely sympathetic to the worries expressed by the citizens advice bureaux . |
| 17 | We have long talks together , Buffy and I. Sometimes in his ravings he talks of an all-knowing , super-intelligent pig . |
| 18 | As a bank , we have long experience of businesses and their needs , which is essential when it comes to providing pensions for directors and people who are self-employed and insurance cover . |
| 19 | That was a story Hopper liked to tell , to demonstrate how they were all good friends who were creating a new style of acting ; later , when Nicholson arrived , they had long discussions about this era and the influences it had on all of them . |
| 20 | There was one girl called Clara whom she used to meet in the lower corridor an hour before classes began : they had long discussions about Tolstoy , Maeterlinck and Ibsen , and were suspected of immorality . |
| 21 | They had long hair and said they knew Jack Kerouac . |
| 22 | They made their own amusements , and she learnt to knit and they had long winter nights round the fire o and they used to go She used to call it , we used to go after day set , that she called evening . |
| 23 | They had long saloons with six side windows with two opening lights above each . |
| 24 | In the population census for 1991 nearly one in seven of Bassetlaw 's residents said that they had long term illnesses , health problems , or handicaps that limited their daily activities or work . |
| 25 | They have long incubation periods , often measured in years , but once manifested the disease usually progresses swiftly , without remission and uninfluenced by treatment , to death within a few months . |
| 26 | They have long hair and long nails and , not unnaturally , a white pallor , and very little to eat . |
| 27 | In practice , however , heat pumps are expensive to install , they have long payback periods at current fuel prices , and there are doubts about their reliability and performance . |
| 28 | In the past it has been difficult for them to have long runs in the team . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He has long arms and I think he 'll use them to hold me off and make it a long bout . |
| 30 | It had long sleeves ; a tightness above imprisoned her neck with its white linen collar . |