Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | McDonald 's restaurants in Central and South America ( Argentina , Brazil , Costa Rica , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama and Venezuela ) only use suppliers who document that their beef has come from long established cattle ranches — not rainforest land . |
| 2 | This state of affairs has resulted in long periods of civil war beginning soon after independence . |
| 3 | We could have stayed for longer . |
| 4 | In evaluations of the length of time spent on supervised clinical allocation before employment , the vast majority of course tutors said that course members felt that time allowed was inadequate , and would happily have continued for longer . |
| 5 | The model for southeast England has been refined and developed and one reason for its modification has been the time allocated to mid-Tertiary earth movements as it was appreciated that these ‘ outer ripples of the Alpine storm ’ may have continued for longer than was at first envisaged . |
| 6 | Wind also has a profound effect on plant growth in the Western Isles in that is usually salt-laden , particularly when it has come from the west or south-west , having passed over long distances of wave-tom ocean . |
| 7 | Women who were currently taking the pill or who had stopped taking it in the last 12 months had a significantly lower rate of endometriosis than those who had stopped for longer periods . |
| 8 | She had suffered during long bouts of Hopper 's depression , rages and his obsession with James Dean . |
| 9 | They had turned to longer films to attract better audiences and the device of the fiction film not only served to head off the challenge of reformers but also guaranteed an exclusive hold on mass audiences . |
| 10 | He had known for longer than he could remember . |
| 11 | Whatever benefits were conferred by the phenothiazines , they gave little help to patients who were suffering from excessive mood swings or who had entered into long periods of helpless depression . |
| 12 | The issue of two-year degrees had led to long discussions on the Council . |
| 13 | If they leave wishing it had gone on longer , you 've succeeded . |
| 14 | ‘ Meet the family , ’ Feargal eventually invited when the silence had gone on longer than Ellie felt comfortable with . |
| 15 | The talk at the Red Anchor had gone on longer than he had expected , and he still had to tell Gabriel and Rose , who must be sitting somewhere waiting anxiously . |
| 16 | Tina herself was not a risk in this area because the man she had lived with longer than any other was paying her £50 a week for the children 's keep . |
| 17 | The third was connected with a new awareness of history , of the fact that human societies and institutions have developed through long centuries and have taken on many different shapes at different times and in different places — an awareness which was especially sharply focused by the work of Gotthold Lessing . |
| 18 | I have seen at long last that I need to be free of my beloved mistress and even as I write that word it is hollow for how can I love one who no longer has the least regard for me ? |
| 19 | Non-banks , by and large , have accepted for longer that they must be cost-effective and efficient to survive . |
| 20 | He says that she 's gone on longer than anyone thought , and she 's not even ga-ga ! |
| 21 | Relatively few controlled observations of the effects of sleep loss have continued for longer than forty-eight hours . |
| 22 | Lacking sufficient data , specific advice about treatment can not be given ; both local and systemic approaches have resulted in long term survival . |
| 23 | Increases in the population aged over 65 , in both proportionate and absolute terms have resulted from long term downward trends in the birth rate coinciding with decreased mortality rates . |
| 24 | Increases in the elderly population — in both absolute and proportionate terms — have resulted from long term downward trends in the birth rate coinciding with decreased mortality at all ages . |
| 25 | ‘ I have discovered through long experience , Miss Honey , that the ears of small boys are stuck very firmly to their heads . ’ |
| 26 | To investigate our rhythms , some individuals have lived for long periods in underground caves , cut off from sunlight . |
| 27 | The vast majority of these fish I have kept over long periods and know to be reliable , easy to keep and in the case of some , very long lived . |