Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] long [noun pl] " 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 | walks down about eight o'clock , talk about long legs , she 's got really long legs right , this one . |