Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is my hon. Friend aware that , for many years within the referral area of the Plymouth eye infirmary , people have had to wait excessively long periods not only for an initial eye examination but for subsequent treatment ? |
| 2 | Railway workers in both countries have had to work exceedingly long hours even for these comparatively modest rewards . |
| 3 | About half of the people detained under Immigration Act powers in general do not wish to challenge the decision that they should leave but they need help winding up their affairs here , contacting their friends and families and pressing the Home Office to process their cases quickly so that they do not have to spend unnecessarily long periods in prison . |
| 4 | Think I 've got quite long arms for a short body . |
| 5 | ( Opposite , bottom ) Many prey species have developed unusually long legs and strange forms of locomotion as refinements of their fleeing behaviour . |
| 6 | Studies have shown that long term success rates ( ie at one year follow up ) of 10–20% can be achieved [ 7 ] . |
| 7 | In this study we have shown that long term ( 18 months ) ingestion of 133 g/kg dietary fibre resulted in a modest but significant increase in cellular proliferation in the crypts of the proximal colon but not the distal colon of the rat compared with an intake of 17 g/kg dietary fibre . |
| 8 | walks down about eight o'clock , talk about long legs , she 's got really long legs right , this one . |
| 9 | And of course what Mr does not refer to in any of his submissions n is the need for new settlements in that area to be have to have very long access roads . |