Example sentences of "have [art] long conversation [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of having to come home from work and worry about wrapping up the Christmas presents , or writing letters to friends , or having a long conversation with someone in the family who needs a bit of support , and fitting all that in after the children have gone to bed and the supper 's been washed up and you really ought to be reading papers for tomorrow 's meeting , I know I have a chunk of time when I can get on with doing all that . |
| 2 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 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 | Martha saved herself from relegation to a junior class by reciting the whole of Psalm 103 , one of Nana 's favourites , in morning assembly ; after this feat her teacher had a long conversation above her head with her mother , and began to come to their house on Saturdays to give her extra lessons . |
| 6 | In England for the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch , I had a long conversation with James , of which I recall principally that it was about fate . |
| 7 | He had a long conversation with a Russian passenger , who talked about magic and ‘ hidden powers ’ in a most interesting way . |