Example sentences of "[pron] have had a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've had a long chat with Vinnie , ’ said Kinnear . |
| 2 | Er but , you know , I , I 'd , as I say , I think er and then if we just , if we can just pick up like the odd I mean , I 've , I 've had a long chat with Anne , we 've had a long , erm meeting with Anne yesterday about it , and she 's gon na start pushing cos you know , she 's really done the Royal upstairs , it 's |
| 3 | I 've had a long life and many blessings and you 've been one of the best . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've had a long day , Nora . |
| 5 | ‘ I have had a long chat with Stephen and told him I know that he is knocking at the door of the full international side , but I would rather he played and helped out in the match at Tannadice than did nothing at Ibrox . ’ |
| 6 | I have had a long history of muscular trouble , of a weak back . |
| 7 | The five-star novelist gave me an unfathomable glimmer when I closed the car door for her and remarked that she 'd had a long chat with Harry that afternoon on the telephone . |
| 8 | Kate , pregnant with her second baby , thought she knew what to expect when it came to giving birth , especially since she 'd had a long labour first time round . |
| 9 | You 've had a long journey , ’ he said kindly . |
| 10 | ‘ I know you 're tired , Sarella ; you 've had a long journey , but we 're going to have to talk . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm used to being on my own and you 've had a long day . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 've had a long day . ’ |
| 13 | " So ? " she said , " You 've had a long holiday from the kiddies . " |
| 14 | ‘ You 've had a long walk , Mr Bumble , ’ she said , ‘ and you must be thirsty . ’ |
| 15 | She had had a long treatment session , and then decided , possibly over-ambitiously , to visit her brother for tea , walking part of the way . |
| 16 | You have had a long life of service and time to look back on it and if I did not know how your arthritis troubles you and with what difficulty you pen your kind notes I would ask you to help me in this . |
| 17 | But my grandparents had worked at Drogo since it was built , so we 've had a long link with the Drewes ; the family put in a word for me so I got the job . |
| 18 | I mean I 'll be upset about our Whisky , 'cos we 're , I mean , we 've had a long time , although she 's not a pet pet , you know what I mean . |
| 19 | Wigan chairman Jack Robinson said : ‘ We have had a long period of success under a lot of good coaches and we are confident John can do a great job for us . ’ |
| 20 | I just want to briefly introduce this , I do n't want to speak in any great , we have had a long debate in house do you if you wish to engage in a long debate again in view of the time tonight . |
| 21 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 22 | This coolness arises in part from fear of the opponents , who have the laws on their side , and partly from the incredulity of men , who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them . |
| 23 | After all , they have had a long time to become used to them . |
| 24 | He jumps at home only when he has had a long rest and needs a quick reminder of what the job is all about ; otherwise his jumping is confined to the shows . |
| 25 | France has had no super-communications ministry ; but it has had a long tradition of state control , planning and Jacobin centralism . |
| 26 | The barman looked like he 'd had a long day 's journey into night , although the monocle and the silk smoking-jacket were as natty as ninepence . |
| 27 | He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy . |
| 28 | He had had a long drive and , in the face of great provocation , behaved , on the whole , exceedingly well . |
| 29 | Even a king must die , or be overthrown , and he had had a long reign . |
| 30 | I know he 's had a long time out with injury but he must be all right now or he would n't be playing . ’ |