Example sentences of "they had [vb pp] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had gone a long way without her even knowing it and they were riding beside the lake she had seen from the air . |
| 2 | And this kiss was meaningless , because there was nothing behind it ; it was only the last flickering spark of something they had destroyed a long time ago . |
| 3 | A few days ago , they had had a long and intense discussion about acting , and he had read through some scenes with her , and told her she had great talent and great beauty . |
| 4 | ‘ They had come a long way from a meeting in the very early days when Sunil Desai , Jayaben 's son and then secretary of the strike committee , had suggested that the men do the picketing and the women make the tea . |
| 5 | They had come a long way very fast . |