Example sentences of "have [adj] long [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have had 20 long years of murder and destruction in the Province . |
| 2 | What happens when you do n't have that long series of apprenticeships ? |
| 3 | And only two amazing misses , one of those candidly coming er just before scored the second Notts goal , with a headed chance headed wide when er had come and missed it , and when on forty four minutes on the watch but not a minute before the end of half time if you get the meaning because we had that long period of extra time , er missed the chance completely , he 'd made the er Pisa goal brilliantly with a cross from the right hand side , deep cross , pulled back brilliantly , but left with a chance , the number eleven in front of the post , well what was he doing ? again had come and again he 'd missed it and left with an open goal was wide of the target . |
| 4 | Severe oesophagitis patients ( median 38.5 , range 27–55 years ) and adenocarcinoma patients had similar long histories of smoking , both of which were greater than CLO patients ( p<0.003 ) ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 5 | Peter Hall said : ‘ We had 13 long hours of negotiation last week with AEEU officials , myself and two colleagues from the United States . |
| 6 | But since we last met I 've visited both the States and Brazil , and had several long days of hard talking . ’ |