Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Lacking sufficient data , specific advice about treatment can not be given ; both local and systemic approaches have resulted in long term survival . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I have discovered through long experience , Miss Honey , that the ears of small boys are stuck very firmly to their heads . ’ |
| 7 | To investigate our rhythms , some individuals have lived for long periods in underground caves , cut off from sunlight . |
| 8 | 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 . |