Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This state of affairs has resulted in long periods of civil war beginning soon after independence . |
| 2 | Wind also has a profound effect on plant growth in the Western Isles in that is usually salt-laden , particularly when it has come from the west or south-west , having passed over long distances of wave-tom ocean . |
| 3 | Women who were currently taking the pill or who had stopped taking it in the last 12 months had a significantly lower rate of endometriosis than those who had stopped for longer periods . |
| 4 | She had suffered during long bouts of Hopper 's depression , rages and his obsession with James Dean . |
| 5 | They had turned to longer films to attract better audiences and the device of the fiction film not only served to head off the challenge of reformers but also guaranteed an exclusive hold on mass audiences . |
| 6 | Whatever benefits were conferred by the phenothiazines , they gave little help to patients who were suffering from excessive mood swings or who had entered into long periods of helpless depression . |
| 7 | The issue of two-year degrees had led to long discussions on the Council . |
| 8 | The third was connected with a new awareness of history , of the fact that human societies and institutions have developed through long centuries and have taken on many different shapes at different times and in different places — an awareness which was especially sharply focused by the work of Gotthold Lessing . |
| 9 | To investigate our rhythms , some individuals have lived for long periods in underground caves , cut off from sunlight . |
| 10 | The vast majority of these fish I have kept over long periods and know to be reliable , easy to keep and in the case of some , very long lived . |