Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adj] long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If he had , she 'd have seen those long legs , whose stride outmatched even hers , she 'd have seen the power of his masculinity … |
2 | But you 're , well you , supposing you 've got two long conversations , what you want to do is two bits , I can transfer bits out of |
3 | Then we talked to Miguel again and it turned out the Indian had started this long conversation with him before we could possibly have had the accident . |
4 | If the Witch King had started this long war , Tethlis was determined to finish it , and he might have succeeded had it not been for the decline in power of the dragons . |
5 | Christopher — more talkative than usual — was animated in his description of the Highlands , where he had taken several long walks with Alastair . |
6 | His mother had said that it was all very well to mock but she had stood many long hours at auctions all over the city finding the right pieces . |
7 | You have enjoyed two long marriages . |
8 | We have had 20 long years of murder and destruction in the Province . |
9 | he 's got such long rubber legs has n't he , he looked ridiculous , but he ai nt 'arf gone thin , he 's really gone thin so , now do I have to bake this blind first |
10 | Peter 's got this long arrow in his room . |
11 | In the past , some of Britain 's best known defence contracters have provided secure long term employment in the constituency , but thousands have been made redundant in the last two years . |