Example sentences of "had [to-vb] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remaining operating staff had to work long hours preparing and implementing an evacuation programme for school children , an exercise in which the trams played their part in getting them to the main line railway stations on the first part of their journey away from London . |
| 2 | This was more patriotic than wise because he had to work long hours and came home coughing ; you could smell the sulphur on his clothes . |
| 3 | ( While the Factory Acts did not usually greatly affect book-printing , it sometimes happened with legal or government work that compositors had to work longer hours than normal to meet deadlines . ) |
| 4 | Once collected and properly packaged , these precious cargoes had to survive long voyages , often in the intimate care of the ship 's captain . |
| 5 | Also like police court trials , witnesses had to pay their own expenses , even though they sometimes had to travel long distances , especially when a trial was postponed several times . |
| 6 | Mr Thompson said butchers would be unhappy if their meat had to travel long distances . |