Example sentences of "having [verb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | oh it 's not my type mm Penny 's having to wait a long while for her birthday is n't she ? , |
| 2 | The libel laws should be changed to provide a ‘ fast track ’ system allowing victims of media falsehoods to correct them quickly without having to wait a long time for their cases to go to court and gamble on the result . |
| 3 | But there are particular areas like this , you having to wait a long time and if you come into the building to go and see a film and you 've you 've left an hour to , to have some food you , you really should n't be missing the film because |
| 4 | As usual , they are lost and confused , having floated a long way from home . |
| 5 | They are most grateful for a pump within yards of their homes , instead of having to walk a long way to a dirty water-hole . |
| 6 | The Prince , of course , had to go and say hello , and disappeared once again , emerging ten minutes later having had a long discussion with the chief brass player . |
| 7 | She came to Queen 's Park about 11 years ago , having had a long association at Findlay Memorial Tabernacle . |
| 8 | My eyes jaded by having to work for a living , are , after their rest , getting again into focus and my brain , having taken a long sabbatical , has shifted itself , with extreme bad grace , into gear . |