Example sentences of "they have long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 That was a story Hopper liked to tell , to demonstrate how they were all good friends who were creating a new style of acting ; later , when Nicholson arrived , they had long discussions about this era and the influences it had on all of them .
2 There was one girl called Clara whom she used to meet in the lower corridor an hour before classes began : they had long discussions about Tolstoy , Maeterlinck and Ibsen , and were suspected of immorality .
3 They had long hair and said they knew Jack Kerouac .
4 They made their own amusements , and she learnt to knit and they had long winter nights round the fire o and they used to go She used to call it , we used to go after day set , that she called evening .
5 They had long saloons with six side windows with two opening lights above each .
6 In the population census for 1991 nearly one in seven of Bassetlaw 's residents said that they had long term illnesses , health problems , or handicaps that limited their daily activities or work .
7 They have long incubation periods , often measured in years , but once manifested the disease usually progresses swiftly , without remission and uninfluenced by treatment , to death within a few months .
8 They have long hair and long nails and , not unnaturally , a white pallor , and very little to eat .
9 In practice , however , heat pumps are expensive to install , they have long payback periods at current fuel prices , and there are doubts about their reliability and performance .
10 In the past it has been difficult for them to have long runs in the team . ’
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