Example sentences of "had a long [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike un-historical nations , Poland had a long history to recall and refurbish . |
| 2 | The political police in the Soviet Union had a long history stretching back to tsarist times . |
| 3 | ‘ All join up for a conga , ’ I called over the racket , and soon we had a long snake winding its way in and out of the tables and finally through the door . |
| 4 | British officials denied the conditions were already virtually fulfilled by Serbia , saying that Mr Milosevic ‘ had a long way to go ’ before the EC would be satisfied . |
| 5 | The woman was in black stilettoes , walking slowly and evidently in pain — as if she had walked into the country in inappropriate shoes and was blistered and had a long way to go , as if this hot summer wind from the chalk hills was almost too much for her . |
| 6 | They had a long way to go . |
| 7 | She still had a long way to go and championship victories in Stuttgart , Rome , Seoul and Split followed , plus city marathons in Rotterdam , Chicago , Boston , Osaka and then London last year . |
| 8 | True , she probably still had a long way to go . |
| 9 | The University of Utah team made it clear that they still had a long way to go and would like another year to eighteen months to continue their research before announcing it . |
| 10 | In 1926 , on any economic criterion , they still had a long way to go , when , pacified by the placebos of the previous year , they claimed a moral victory , and vanished into the archives of oblivion . |
| 11 | From their point of view they still had a long way to go in rescuing their past . |
| 12 | Without this slow agricultural revolution , which still had a long way to go in many European countries in 1880 , food production would not have been able to keep up with population growth . |
| 13 | The mounted soldier still had a long way to go and his influence was very considerable in the whole period covered by this book . |
| 14 | We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home . |
| 15 | The majority of people were sympathetic , but we had a long way to go before people would be shouting ‘ Honte à la reine Britannique ’ in the streets . |
| 16 | Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection . |
| 17 | They had a long way to go before that could happen . |
| 18 | Travellers today said the Charter was a step forward , but BR still had a long way to go . |
| 19 | Anne : he had a long way to go do you think he 's done enough to survive ? |
| 20 | Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop . |
| 21 | And erm you know I know that was one difficulty , that people had a long time to wait for repairs . |
| 22 | She does n't know any of their names , but she remembers that he had a long scar running right up his hand . |