Example sentences of "to have [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , I 'm just telling you that if you are then you 're going to have a long love affair with your right hand because I 'm straight and so is Rod . |
| 2 | If that means sterling has to have a long leave of absence , judicial separation or divorce from the ERM , so be it . |
| 3 | Terry used his limited Arabic to have a long conversation with another visitor who suggested that an American would go home soon with the Irishman and then , after a little while , during which our governments were expected to ‘ make the next step ’ , another American with a Briton and so on . |
| 4 | There I was to have a long conversation with young Middleton , to whom I took a great shine , and was very impressed with him as a person and indeed his crew . |
| 5 | Perhaps , now that Alison was at least going to become an adoptive mother she would be able to have a long heart-to-heart with her on the subject ; although Celia knew that she would be reluctant , even ashamed , to reveal her innermost feelings . |
| 6 | Finally , the question of national guilt and its expiation was to have a long history in relation to abolition and emancipation involving a definition of national interest as meeting national duty by observing the religious conception of proper order in the world . |
| 7 | At our next meeting we were able to have a long chat , I found very frank and easy to talk to and felt very much that a two way supportive relationship developed quite quickly , as opposed to supporter-supportee ( does this word exist ? ) . is now 14 months old and we have contrived to get together on a regular basis . |
| 8 | He had to have a long swig of Bell 's to shift it . |
| 9 | Raffles was , however , to have a long career on the stage and in films . |
| 10 | It was not to have a long future , although Mary summoned it late in 1553 to announce her proposed marriage to Philip of Castile . |
| 11 | ‘ He liked the song so much he wanted to have a long version of it , ’ claimed Moroder , ‘ and that 's when I did the 17-minute one . |
| 12 | Some of the goods on sale are enticing Juranc , on wines , local sausage , the ubiquitous Pyrenean fromage de brebis or ewe's-milk cheese , worth trying if only out of local piety though hardly one of France 's great cheeses — others look likely to have a long shelf-life . |
| 13 | Indeed it could be argued that a family crisis ( for example the suicide of a father ) is bound to have a long term effect upon the child . |
| 14 | Why do you think many of the farmers prefer to have a long ley in each field rather than changing from arable crops to grass every one or two years ? |
| 15 | I 'd like to have a long talk to you about her . ’ |
| 16 | I shall have to have a long talk with the Lord beforehand . ’ |
| 17 | Seb determined he would find time to have a long talk with her when his present hectic spell of work came to an end . |