Example sentences of "'ve [verb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Erm , I 'd like to welcome you to the Industrial Training Board , I spent about four and a half years with training scheme , and I actually originated in er , engineering , so er , I 've got a long track record , perhaps of training and er , an even long track record working , so I wo n't give you too hard a time . |
| 32 | They 've got a long list , and I assume that the non long listed candidates have been told ? |
| 33 | But my grandparents had worked at Drogo since it was built , so we 've had a long link with the Drewes ; the family put in a word for me so I got the job . |
| 34 | I 've had a long life and many blessings and you 've been one of the best . |
| 35 | ‘ I 've had a long day , Nora . |
| 36 | I 'm used to being on my own and you 've had a long day . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ You 've had a long day . ’ |
| 38 | You 've had a long journey , ’ he said kindly . |
| 39 | ‘ I know you 're tired , Sarella ; you 've had a long journey , but we 're going to have to talk . ’ |
| 40 | " So ? " she said , " You 've had a long holiday from the kiddies . " |
| 41 | ‘ I 've had a long chat with Vinnie , ’ said Kinnear . |
| 42 | Er but , you know , I , I 'd , as I say , I think er and then if we just , if we can just pick up like the odd I mean , I 've , I 've had a long chat with Anne , we 've had a long , erm meeting with Anne yesterday about it , and she 's gon na start pushing cos you know , she 's really done the Royal upstairs , it 's |
| 43 | ‘ You 've had a long walk , Mr Bumble , ’ she said , ‘ and you must be thirsty . ’ |
| 44 | I mean I 'll be upset about our Whisky , 'cos we 're , I mean , we 've had a long time , although she 's not a pet pet , you know what I mean . |
| 45 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 46 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 47 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 48 | ‘ I hope they 've gone a long way , ’ said Pascoe . |
| 49 | But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this . |
| 50 | But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this . |
| 51 | I 've worked in for 30 years and lots of us have worked for over 25 years and we do know that they are bringing in trainees in on higher salaries than ourselves , which obviously is quite upsetting when you 've worked a long time . |
| 52 | I 've waited a long while for this . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ They 've waited a long time . |
| 54 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 55 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 56 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 57 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 58 | I 've lived a long life — a useful one too , I hope . |