Example sentences of "[pron] had a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a long conversation the other day with one of the UK 's major guitar distributors about how explicit we should be in reviews . |
| 2 | In England for the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch , I had a long conversation with James , of which I recall principally that it was about fate . |
| 3 | We moved in with them , although it meant I had a long journey to the hospital every day and I had to sleep there when I was on call , and we stayed with them until he was nine . |
| 4 | So I had a long chat with the , with the cleansing officer and the main point |
| 5 | I had a long chat with during the trip when , amongst other topics , we recalled the days of the agricultural show season and some of the hectic times we had , especially at the Norfolk and Suffolk shows . |
| 6 | By now I had a long list of prospective release sites and sound experience behind me , so things went pretty much according to plan . |
| 7 | After sharpening the other end , I had a long needle , which has since proved of value in a number of other jobs . |
| 8 | I had a long wait . |
| 9 | ‘ On December 16 , I had a long talk with Kevin and Ian . |
| 10 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
| 11 | I had a long talk once with the very bright lady who accompanied him in his early days , a lady of charm and accomplishment and infinitely more mature than Niki was . |
| 12 | I had a long talk with Nora this morning . |
| 13 | And coming back I had a long talk with the nice shy boy , Jean-Louis . |
| 14 | They really seem to enjoy running a hotel — I had a long talk with the porter … |
| 15 | " I had a long talk with Sir Geoffrey before you came , " said Mr. Henniker . |
| 16 | And this morning I had a long talk with my mother . ’ |
| 17 | Erm that means we have a stall on Tuesday the twenty fourth , Wednesday we 've got our meeting here with the speaker about , were having Mike speaking on Czechoslovakian now and he 'll be telling us his experiences over there and his had a long association with Czechoslovakia and Harlow and Thursday were having a market stall with a jazz band and Norman could probably tell us more about that . |
| 18 | Città del Castello , which had a long rivalry with Arezzo , had reason to want papal protection in order to stave off the ambitions of Arezzo . |
| 19 | By thus reproducing arguments in favour of unequal pay which had a long pedigree , Amelia McLean 's article showed that she was either unable or unwilling to realize that , apart from anything else , the introduction of Monotype machines within the previous few years had completely redistributed the cards . |
| 20 | Voluntary organisations in many cases became the effective agents of enforcement , as well as pressure groups constantly campaigning for further intervention , and here they became quasi-state apparatuses , a pattern which had a long history . |
| 21 | Knowing that she had a long day in front of her , Laura decided to follow her friend 's good example . |
| 22 | She had a long way , still , to go . |
| 23 | Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection . |
| 24 | She had a Long Island accent , though she came from Fresno . |
| 25 | The ‘ celebratory drink ’ fast developed into a full-scale party , but Shannon managed to make her excuses and leave , knowing she had a long drive ahead of her . |
| 26 | A passionate lover of the Savoy Operas , she was a founder member of the Bradford Gilbert and Sullivan Society , with who she had a long association . |
| 27 | She had a long face and such a naked forehead , Daisy found herself turning her into a polo pony . |
| 28 | Her hair was short and dark , and she had a long face with a mobile mouth and crooked teeth . |
| 29 | He showed her that like him she had a long life-line . |
| 30 | If she was waiting for him to say that she did n't need to diet she had a long wait . |