Example sentences of "a long [noun] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's got a long plug has n't he ? |
| 2 | ‘ The inconvenience arising from cold in the most carefully constructed railway carriage , where a long journey has to be performed in the winter season , suggested to the directors the necessity of fixing a warming apparatus in the bed of the carriage , and Mr. Perkins , the inventor of the steam gun , has accordingly fitted a very ingenious apparatus for the purpose of heating the carriage , which may be thus briefly described : — a coil of pipe placed near the hinder axletree , and supplied with water from a small cistern in the bed of the carriage , is kept heated by means of a lamp with four burners . |
| 3 | None of this , however , could obscure the triumph of the Prince 's baptism at Notre Dame on 14 June 1856 , a long delay having been necessary because the Empress had been so weak after the birth that she was unable to leave her bed for months . |
| 4 | The seven Old Master galleries have been intelligently installed , and a long corridor has been converted into an evocation of a baroque Kunstkammer , complete with pilastered cabinets for the display of paintings and objets d'art . |
| 5 | Not all of those people by a long way have any olympic ambitions but is nonetheless an important part of the perspective and indeed at the triangle that we need to support . |
| 6 | It 's a long way to have one |
| 7 | You , of course , have your headquarters in Tunbridge Wells , is n't that rather a long way to have much contact with Brighton ? |
| 8 | Afterwards , she lay there , shattered , as if a long fall had dashed her body to the ground . |
| 9 | Other plants illustrated from diverse regions were the Bermudan Cedar , Lord Weymouth 's Pine , a Long Con 'd Cornish Fir and the Scarlet Horse Chestnut from America . |
| 10 | have hunted , slain and carried away deer , hares , coneys , pheasants and partridges … threatening the King 's officers in life and limb , so that they … for a long while have not dared openly to pass and do their business there . |
| 11 | you ai n't blushed like that for a long while have you ? , yeah , that will be a holiday , watch your camp bed do n't fold up love |
| 12 | Friends can come quite a long distance to have Sunday lunch with you , whereas for an evening dinner , there probably would not be enough time . |
| 13 | One fishing vessel that we had been watching for a long period had more than one narrow escape from detection by British controls , but was finally turned back by Dutch customs patrols shortly after leaving a Continental port with a cargo of immigrants on board bound for the UK . |
| 14 | It said that its study had not discovered any conclusive evidence on the damage done to humans by low-level exposure , but it stated that the lack of information and knowledge of the effects of exposure to low doses of the chemicals over a long period had led the working party to adopt the precautionary principle that absence of evidence was not evidence of absence . |
| 15 | In the short term , nitrogenous fertilizers , by increasing grasses and clovers , can result in an increase in the earthworm population , but continuous use of superphosphate or Nitro-chalk over a long period has been shown , in trials at Rothamstead , to reduce numbers in proportion to the amount of nitrogen applied . |
| 16 | Leland , during his travels in the 1540s , spoke of Cheltenham as ‘ a long town having a market ’ referring to it as ‘ Cheltenham Street ’ . |
| 17 | Its brief revival was sparked by Dziekanowski who fed Tarasiewicz and for once a long shot had Shilton in trouble . |
| 18 | Not for a long time had Vi felt so uncomfortable . |
| 19 | I have for a long time had on file one respected artist 's offer to arrange an exhibition of a hundred of his works , and then to hand them straight over as a gift to the Russian Cultural Foundation . |
| 20 | As was noted in Chapter 4 , local education authorities have for a long time had a duty to provide special education for handicapped children . |
| 21 | " You come and watch me cutting the grass , " Quentin suggested , but the twins shook their heads , not understanding because such a long time had passed since there 'd last been grass-cutting . |
| 22 | It had jeopardized the government coalition , because the Independent Smallholders ' Party ( FKgP ) for a long time had been unwilling to make concessions which compromised the commitment in its electoral programme to full restitution [ see p. 37790 ; 37975 ] . |
| 23 | However , it is also evident that much greater co-operation is required between western European countries , which for a long time have been concerned about the environment , and the countries of eastern and central Europe . |
| 24 | AT ABBEVILLE airfield , l'Aero Club de la Somme have for a long time have shown off Dassault Ouragon No 215 . |
| 25 | War on Want are er for a long time have been the only probably the only erm that put their neck on the block as far as social and environmental aspects of the party go . |
| 26 | You 've had it quite a long time have n't you ? |
| 27 | You never watched Lady And The Tramp for a long time have you ? |
| 28 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 29 | Had it a long time have n't you ? |
| 30 | No , sure , have n't been for a long time have you ? |