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

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1 If that means sterling has to have a long leave of absence , judicial separation or divorce from the ERM , so be it .
2 Terry used his limited Arabic to have a long conversation with another visitor who suggested that an American would go home soon with the Irishman and then , after a little while , during which our governments were expected to ‘ make the next step ’ , another American with a Briton and so on .
3 There I was to have a long conversation with young Middleton , to whom I took a great shine , and was very impressed with him as a person and indeed his crew .
4 Perhaps , now that Alison was at least going to become an adoptive mother she would be able to have a long heart-to-heart with her on the subject ; although Celia knew that she would be reluctant , even ashamed , to reveal her innermost feelings .
5 Finally , the question of national guilt and its expiation was to have a long history in relation to abolition and emancipation involving a definition of national interest as meeting national duty by observing the religious conception of proper order in the world .
6 He had to have a long swig of Bell 's to shift it .
7 Raffles was , however , to have a long career on the stage and in films .
8 ‘ He liked the song so much he wanted to have a long version of it , ’ claimed Moroder , ‘ and that 's when I did the 17-minute one .
9 Why do you think many of the farmers prefer to have a long ley in each field rather than changing from arable crops to grass every one or two years ?
10 I 'd like to have a long talk to you about her . ’
11 I shall have to have a long talk with the Lord beforehand . ’
12 Seb determined he would find time to have a long talk with her when his present hectic spell of work came to an end .
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