Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] had a long " in BNC.

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1 Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop .
2 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 .
3 And this morning I had a long talk with my mother . ’
4 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 .
5 In August we had a long weekend in the Lakes , with Rob , Joyce & Ewan which went well , & also a week in Telford with Richard which we thoroughly enjoyed .
6 Edward turned up late for their rendezvous , and found Foley standing at the bar with a much younger man who had a long , intelligent face and a quiet manner , whom he introduced as Harold Philby , known as Kim .
7 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 .
8 Over her orange-blossom headdress she had a long flowing veil which flowed down her back ; her dress of white satin rustled and crinkled as she walked .
9 He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around .
10 Some of them you remember the table we had a long time ago showing the reactivity of different elements , particularly the metals when we were looking at metals .
11 Part of the lease Arthur signed guaranteed him his brewing water free of tax or pipe money , and in this regard he had a long standing feud with the city authorities which lasted over twenty years .
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