Example sentences of "have [verb] long [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a buffet you ensure that elderly and infirm guests , and those who have travelled long distances , have seats near the buffet table so that they are not obliged to stand for a long period . |
| 2 | Already the refs have had long meetings working out just how strict or just how lenient they are going to be . |
| 3 | We have had long meetings with the Secretary of State for Energy on the future of Monktonhall . |
| 4 | erm the normal disciplines that the County Council applied on income headings is that if income varies for reasons of er conditions for example and this is in a way akin to that , then the committee normally has to find these erm er the additional resources to cover tha that income erm I have had long discussions with John on this and th the point that he was putting there was er demonstrating that income had followed the amount of work perhaps has not fallen and the below the line item is a recognition in the part of that argument i in a sense for fifty-fifty between below the line reaching seven thousand erm and we 've identified savings and other heads for example the staff advertising example where reduction in turnover , there 's no effective service saving there , so these such things can go towards meeting this income conditions . |
| 5 | Kendall said last night : ‘ I have had long talks with Peter and I am optimistic that I can get him to come to City . |
| 6 | Some acupuncturists find that they can not treat patients who have had long courses of antibiotic therapy until several months after this treatment has finished . |
| 7 | Their chemical and isotopic compositions are meteoritic and they have had long histories of flight through space . |
| 8 | Now all the women have got long skirts and all the blokes have got really sensible haircuts , they all do oil painting and the music they like is shite . |
| 9 | When dogs have spent long periods living outside , they do n't know indoors from outdoors , and must be taught the difference . |
| 10 | A greater number than would be expected have spent long periods in plaster casts because of bone injuries , or for correction of congenital malformations . |
| 11 | As the vast majority of patients are elderly and have spent long periods in hospital , it is unrealistic to expect them to live independently or improve dramatically on discharge . |
| 12 | Often , and particularly with those individuals who have spent long hours in heavy manual labour , there has perhaps not been the time or energy to develop such interests or hobbies . |
| 13 | It is of course the case that it is the speech of the first set whose language tends to be described in descriptions of the language ( grammars ) , since descriptions are typically written by middle-aged people who have spent long years reading written language . |
| 14 | Sometimes I have spent longer periods overseas , and I would like to mention those in particular : in 1972 , I spent 6 months as a visiting professor at Brown University , Providence , R.I. , U.S.A. ; in 1977 , I spent 3 months teaching in various centres in China ; in 1984 , I spent 3 months as a visiting professor at Kobe University , Japan ; and in 1987 , I spent 3 months as a visiting professor at the University of Paris IV ( the Sorbonne ) . |
| 15 | In many cases they have gone long periods before they have even made a profit . |
| 16 | If risk-averse hedgers are going to transfer risks effectively to risk-averse speculators , speculators will on average have to hold long futures positions . |
| 17 | A blush , a hangdog posture or a limp handshape can all convey information and experts in so-called body language — horrid phrase — have compiled long lists of postures and gestures from which an observant onlooker can glean some information about the attitudes or intentions of others . |
| 18 | But Andy Barnes warns that while the insurers argue , innocent relatives are suffering financial hardship … some have had to move , other have taken long periods off work . |
| 19 | We have worked long hours . |
| 20 | Not only must the cells differentiate into a wide variety of cell types such as cartilage and neurons , but they have to migrate long distances to very special sites in the embryo . |
| 21 | Many people with AIDS have to spend long periods of time in hospital unless there is someone at home who can help and look after them . |
| 22 | Certain States in fact claim reimbursement of high fees and daily allowances and travel costs of witnesses who have to travel long distances , although these costs should normally be borne by the requested State , unless Article 26 can be invoked . |
| 23 | As a consequence , people have to travel long distances in search of health care . |