Example sentences of "[verb] have [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I appear to have strayed a long way from our original topic . |
| 2 | But 5 year old Amy Harding would have found the trauma of having a surgical collar even worse if she 'd had to make the long trip to Gloucester . |
| 3 | It seemed to have lasted a long time and there had been no glory for me in it . |
| 4 | Again , during the American War of Independence , their colonel is said to have given a long speech under heavy fire about Spartan discipline and the efficient military system of the Lacedaemonians . |
| 5 | Certainly those who were in the square in 1387 hoping to see the completion of the Duomo would have had to wait a long time , far longer than the span of a human life . |
| 6 | Careful attention to engine mounting and sound insulation means that the large engine sounds almost as though it belongs to the car in front — a remote burbling noise that seems to have travelled a long way before it reaches the driver 's ear . |
| 7 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |
| 8 | Miss Danziger was not an ugly woman but the Colonel had had to take a long hard look to discover her good features : her bone structure ; strong fair hair streaked with less fair strands ; her pale complexion , unpainted . |
| 9 | It was in the 2nd round of the FA Cup in December 1937 when the Palace had had to make the long trip to Accrington on one of the rare times when the draw for this round was not made on a geographical basis . |
| 10 | Despite all the troubles , I never heard a woman say she regretted having supported the long strike . |
| 11 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |