Example sentences of "had had a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had had a long treatment session , and then decided , possibly over-ambitiously , to visit her brother for tea , walking part of the way . |
| 2 | He had had a long drive and , in the face of great provocation , behaved , on the whole , exceedingly well . |
| 3 | It was St Patrick 's Night , 1912 , and Sergeant O'Neil had had a long day , what with the parade and all . |
| 4 | Miss Lodsworth had had a long day . |
| 5 | He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy . |
| 6 | The fourth John Booth founded another major firm in partnership with John Hartop and George Binks , whose own families also had had a long involvement in the local metal trades . |
| 7 | Then when Evans went in to a selection committee meeting , the reason for Connon 's presence that night , Dalziel had had a long talk with Gwen . |
| 8 | Even a king must die , or be overthrown , and he had had a long reign . |