Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does n't seem you 've got too long once you 've finished . |
| 2 | Think I 've got quite long arms for a short body . |
| 3 | Well look how we get do n't we , when er we 've gone too long with shower of rain |
| 4 | If you 're feeling depressed after the event — you 've wasted so long and it 's now an anti-climax , or it proved a disaster — the practitioner would concentrate on your lungs and large intestinal area . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry we 've taken so long to get round to you , Mrs Grogan , but we 've been very busy . |
| 6 | Sorry I 've taken so long to get a letter written to you . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , what constitutes reasonable time is n't clearly defined under British law , and if a court thinks you 've taken too long to register your complaint , you may not have a case . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've waited so long to hear you say you found me attractive , my darling ! |
| 9 | I do n't know how you 've lived so long ! ’ |
| 10 | Now I believe that you test the liberal democracy , not by the ease with which majorities get their way but on the extent to which you accommodate the views of committed minorities and we 've lived so long with majority rule , masquerading as democracy , that we 've forgotten that that is more akin to dictatorship than anything else . |