Example sentences of "have [verb] long [noun pl] of " in BNC.

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1 Since the overthrow of the country 's first President , Kwame Nkrumah , in a coup in February 1966 , Ghana has experienced long periods of military rule interspersed with short-lived civilian governments .
2 Since the overthrow of the country 's first President , Kwame Nkrumah , in a coup in February 1966 , Ghana has experienced long periods of military rule interspersed with short-lived civilian governments .
3 Some families in difficulties appear to have had long histories of problems , and often the parents themselves have suffered a difficult childhood .
4 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 .
5 Both Margaret Thatcher and James Callaghan , for instance , had worked their way up through the structure of party ; they had spent a lifetime in politics and had served long periods of apprenticeship , first as backbenchers and then as junior ministers , ministers and shadow cabinet members .
6 But also he had imbibed long years of his wife 's punctuality and orderliness .
7 Some acupuncturists find that they can not treat patients who have had long courses of antibiotic therapy until several months after this treatment has finished .
8 Their chemical and isotopic compositions are meteoritic and they have had long histories of flight through space .
9 A blush , a hangdog posture or a limp handshape can all convey information and experts in so-called body language — horrid phrase — have compiled long lists of postures and gestures from which an observant onlooker can glean some information about the attitudes or intentions of others .
10 Many people with AIDS have to spend long periods of time in hospital unless there is someone at home who can help and look after them .
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