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Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases .
2	I have a long reach , remember , and a long memory . ’
3	‘ I have a long standing arrangement to meet Mr Anderson this week .
4	‘ Well , I have a long memory .
5	The old woman looked at her speculatively , ‘ I have a long memory .
6	‘ I have a long memory , all of it coloured by the past , ’ Jenna said bitterly , and he let her go , his expression disgusted .
7	‘ I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow .
8	You have a long way to go to win them back .
9	‘ You have a long journey , signorina , ’ her companion told her .
10	Add the possible problem with the wart , her upset at being all but mobbed by the crowd on a very hot day , and her apparently being carried off a true course in the straight by Achilles , and you have a long menu of excuses or explanations .
11	You have a long memory .
12	And you have a long walk . ’
13	That requires two conditions , one that you have no long term debt , and that under the capital control regime which exists on the legislation , you have what is termed a nil or negative credit ceiling .
14	‘ You ladies take far too long over your drinks , and we have a long drive ahead of us . ’
15	I do n't know it may be that I 'll be the only member er that talks in terms of a specific Euro seat er in any detail but it does matter in our area and we have a long history of arguing that case .
16	‘ We are going to develop inducements and encouragements for a major expansion of research and development , because if we are going to rival our major competitors we have a long way to go in catching up with them .
17	We know from our informal discussions with politicians of all shades of opinion that we have a long way to go , but many have been sympathetic to our aims .
18	A Union of Democratic Forces spokesman , Mr Georgi Spassov , said : ‘ This demonstrates that we have a long way to go before we have true democracy in Bulgaria . ’
19	The revolution that resulted in molecular biology enabled us to begin to understand many of the processes in the cell at the molecular level , although it must be stressed that we have a long way to go .
20	So it is clear we have a long way to go before we can store up all the experiences of humankind .
21	We have a long way to go before society really shifts in attitude , and both men and women assume that caring is not only a woman 's job .
22	‘ We have a long way to go before we are able to record and translate accurately such imprints of ourselves left behind in the void of time .
23	The sponsorship money will be used to upgrade facilities at the Stoop Memorial Ground because , according to chairman Roger Looker , ‘ We recognise we have a long way to go towards what we consider to be adequate facilities , particularly if we sustain our growth ’ .
24	Perhaps we are just beginning to see how the brain works , but we have a long way to go .
25	This leads me to believe that the questions surrounding male/female relationships are not simple , and we have a long way to go before we can simply pursue the ‘ if only men would ’ formula .
26	‘ We have somewhere between £22,000 and £23,000 in the bank and there is cash still to come in , but we have a long way to go . ’
27	In an ideal world we would be recycling and re-using everything , but this is n't possible and we have a long way to go before we can turn all our waste into a resource .
28	We have a long journey to make to the south .
29	‘ We have a long ride ahead of us tomorrow .
30	Following this we have the long period of isostatic emergence , rapid weathering of the new mountains with the formation of molasse-type deposits , widespread red bed sedimentation and also perhaps a period of glaciation , before peneplanation , widespread marine transgressions and the recommencement of the cycle in new troughs .