Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When dogs have spent long periods living outside , they do n't know indoors from outdoors , and must be taught the difference . |
| 2 | Development of an All Wales Strategy has involved long discussions at county level between social services department personnel , representatives from voluntary organisations , parents and sometimes consumers . |
| 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 | Already the refs have had long meetings working out just how strict or just how lenient they are going to be . |
| 5 | In the years prior to the Second World War , a small group of pioneers had spent long periods exploring the Libyan desert in vehicles . |
| 6 | Well her daughter 's got long boots on that has n't she ? |
| 7 | Now all the women have got long skirts and all the blokes have got really sensible haircuts , they all do oil painting and the music they like is shite . |
| 8 | Since the overthrow of the country 's first President , Kwame Nkrumah , in a coup in February 1966 , Ghana has experienced long periods of military rule interspersed with short-lived civilian governments . |
| 9 | Since the overthrow of the country 's first President , Kwame Nkrumah , in a coup in February 1966 , Ghana has experienced long periods of military rule interspersed with short-lived civilian governments . |
| 10 | And she and her friend Betty had spent long hours together , playing tennis and squash and doing a bit of swimming . |