Example sentences of "they had [vb pp] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Minutes later they had joined the long cordon of armed men , strung out at five yard intervals on the grass verge opposite the woods , from which the sounds of gunfire , explosions , whistle blowing and yelling were now appreciably closer . |
| 2 | They had gone a long way without her even knowing it and they were riding beside the lake she had seen from the air . |
| 3 | And this kiss was meaningless , because there was nothing behind it ; it was only the last flickering spark of something they had destroyed a long time ago . |
| 4 | A few days ago , they had had a long and intense discussion about acting , and he had read through some scenes with her , and told her she had great talent and great beauty . |
| 5 | At Carole 's insistence they had climbed the long metal ladder which led inside from the roof of the nave to the top of the tower : Henry went first , Amaranth second ; by some accident of fate , David followed on her heels , leaving an indignant Carole to bring up the rear . |
| 6 | ‘ They had come a long way from a meeting in the very early days when Sunil Desai , Jayaben 's son and then secretary of the strike committee , had suggested that the men do the picketing and the women make the tea . |
| 7 | They had come a long way very fast . |