Example sentences of "have [verb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then they may have to wait a long time . |
| 2 | Most modern chemists would probably say that we 'd have to wait a long time by the standards of a human lifetime , but perhaps not all that long by the standards of cosmological time . |
| 3 | Is she making a promise to the British people that this improvement will be financed by an increase in taxation , or that , just as the Conservative Government have always aspired to improve that target , so will a Labour Government , and the British people will have to wait a long time for such an improvement to materialise ? |
| 4 | If you are wearing trousers you 'll have to wear a long top so it does n't show anything . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll have to wear a long coat . |
| 6 | But do n't pick up any more thorns , Hlao-roo , because we may have to go a long way . " |
| 7 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 8 | You do n't have to write a long article . |
| 9 | Diesel technology may have come a long way , but even a BMW lets out a puff or two of blue smoke when starting from cold , and takes a minute or two to settle into its stride . |
| 10 | Over 900 of them said : ‘ It should have come a long time ago — very few people have done more for charity , public service and their Party than you have ’ . |
| 11 | Days before the trading figures were due , when it should have recommended a long position , the firm was likely to recommend going short . |
| 12 | But the plain fact is , and genuinely I mean this , er , er , erm , if it were as simple working across the boundaries between yourselves and the Health Authority , between yourselves and the private sector , with the voluntary sector , and the great army of unpaid helpers if it was that simple , erm , then we would have moved a long way along that line towards implementation of a humane and caring care in the community twenty years ago , when these debates first started . |
| 13 | Severiano Ballesteros might have endured a long summer of discontent , pointing to both mental and physical problems for his loss of form , but his absence from the leaderboards , conspicuous though it might have been , is consistent with the capricious nature of the sport . |
| 14 | Is not the Minister deeply ashamed that he intends to carry on with that cruel and stupid tax instead of scrapping it , as he should have done a long time ago ? |
| 15 | However , the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , written a mere four years after the birth of that Fellowship , says " to be gravely affected , one does not necessarily have to drink a long time , nor take the quantities some of us have . " |
| 16 | We may have met a long time ago at Rotherfield when I was on a weekend outing from school , but I would n't expect you to remember — it was at least 10 years ago and I ca n't imagine I was a memorable schoolgirl ! |
| 17 | After the night Quigley had kicked my head in , I had finally seen something I should have seen a long time ago . |
| 18 | But now I have , and I see what I should have seen a long time ago , the selfish , arrogant , unscrupulous fixer who has been quietly feathering his nest in London for the past ten years at our expense after turning his back on us as though we were n't good enough for him , who could n't even be bothered to come home during this ordeal but just flew over on a weekend return when the mood took him , when he had nothing better to do , like the tourist he is ! |
| 19 | He said : ‘ If he does n't select and stalk his victim , and obviously he did n't in the last three cases , he 'd normally have to expect a long wait . |
| 20 | And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call . |
| 21 | We might have to look a long way back . ’ |
| 22 | If she had said no he would have had a long way to jump . |
| 23 | But it gives no indication that the pricing problems may have had a long history . |
| 24 | This week 's extension of the suspension has lead to a further letter to unit trust holders.But it gives no indication that the pricing problems may have had a long history . |
| 25 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |
| 26 | The ozone pollution problem may have had a long association with southern California but it has now become a very serious problem in the Texas Gulf coast , the north-east corridor , and other heavily populated regions ( figure 8.11 ) . |
| 27 | Although you might have driven a long way to get there , do n't put yourself into a situation you ca n't handle . |
| 28 | In terms of the Midlands ' representation in the Premier League the game was wasted as Notts County 's victory is unlikely to save them while the three points would have gone a long way to ensuring Coventry 's place . |
| 29 | The mayor also outlined plans which , if implemented , would have gone a long way towards mopping up the demand for houses in Derry . |
| 30 | Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport . |