Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [verb] long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I had imagined long pitches of vertical ice and continuous difficulty , so I was n't entirely sure how we were going to climb it . |
2 | Prior to Arran I had walked long days sometimes speaking to no one and moving through completely new landscapes . |
3 | They had studied long hours , both of them , they had burned the midnight oil while munching their way through textbooks and qualifications , through overtime and late-night meetings . |
4 | But also he had imbibed long years of his wife 's punctuality and orderliness . |
5 | This was more patriotic than wise because he had to work long hours and came home coughing ; you could smell the sulphur on his clothes . |
6 | John 's father left the family when John was seven , although he had spent long periods away when John was younger . |
7 | He had worked long hours to acquire a complete understanding of the Plan and to learn Mark 's presentation word for word . |