Example sentences of "to have [verb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Again , during the American War of Independence , their colonel is said to have given a long speech under heavy fire about Spartan discipline and the efficient military system of the Lacedaemonians .
2 When you decide to practise , do not choose a difficult water , or difficult fish , where you are likely to have to wait a long time for a bite .
3 Careful attention to engine mounting and sound insulation means that the large engine sounds almost as though it belongs to the car in front — a remote burbling noise that seems to have travelled a long way before it reaches the driver 's ear .
4 Deng Yingchao 's authority arose not only from her marriage to Zhou in 1925 , but also from her status as one of only around 50 women to have completed the Long March of 1934-35 .
5 Today the Garrett manufacturing vase shows the company to have come a long way from the first detectors built on the garage bench .
6 But er we , we had quite a difficulty , very , very difficult , we used to have to walk a long way before we could get to a telephone .
7 It seemed to have lasted a long time and there had been no glory for me in it .
8 I appear to have strayed a long way from our original topic .
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