Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] a long [noun sg] with " 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 | Buck strode up to his ball and had a long consultation with his caddy . |
| 3 | Robin Prentice , who died during the winter , became the Scottish Cricket Union 's Administrator in 1982 , retiring in 1990 and had a long association with the game in Scotland and as a wicket-keeper batsman with Uddingston in the Western Union . |
| 4 | He also developed an interest in whales , worked at the Stazione Zoologica in Naples and the Plymouth Laboratory , and had a long association with the Marine Biological Association . |
| 5 | All they told me was that if I were on the public payroll I 'd take a ride out to Westminster Drive and have a long talk with Mrs. Laura Channing . |