Example sentences of "had [art] long [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 We arrived back at about seven pm , had our evening meal and then got an early night because we had a long day ahead of us .
2 Within minutes of leaving the museum , Mr Hurd was in deep conversation with the Foreign Minister , Mr David Levy ; the two hour session was conducted through interpreters , but Mr Hurd and Mr Levy had a long conversation afterwards in French which both of them speak fluently .
3 Liz 's education was to take more than three years : she had already decided to specialize in psychiatry , and knew she still had a long journey ahead of her .
4 The ‘ celebratory drink ’ fast developed into a full-scale party , but Shannon managed to make her excuses and leave , knowing she had a long drive ahead of her .
5 This was the worst part as by now everyone was tired , hungry , needed a long hot bath and still had a long drive home ; however spirits were cheerful and by the 29th May we were ready to do it all again .
6 He wanted to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he had a long time ago , but she said it made her feel middle-aged and dull and ordinary , so he must never say it again , especially when other people were around .
7 A new song , ‘ Pussy Cat Meow ’ , celebrates them and a dream Kier had a long time ago .
8 Some of them you remember the table we had a long time ago showing the reactivity of different elements , particularly the metals when we were looking at metals .
9 You know , we had a long time really just to kind of toss out .
10 I had a long talk once with the very bright lady who accompanied him in his early days , a lady of charm and accomplishment and infinitely more mature than Niki was .
  Next page