Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |
| 2 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
| 4 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
| 5 | I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer . |
| 6 | ‘ I have had a long chat with Stephen and told him I know that he is knocking at the door of the full international side , but I would rather he played and helped out in the match at Tannadice than did nothing at Ibrox . ’ |
| 7 | I have had a long history of muscular trouble , of a weak back . |
| 8 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
| 9 | But I have come a long way since then |
| 10 | I have taken a long look at local government finance . |
| 11 | ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me . |
| 12 | It will create interest in the foreground which I think is important and often , especially looking across water an expanse of water if you have n't got any interesting detail in the foreground yo you have to go a long way into the picture before it begins to get interesting . |
| 13 | Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up . |
| 14 | You have had a long life of service and time to look back on it and if I did not know how your arthritis troubles you and with what difficulty you pen your kind notes I would ask you to help me in this . |
| 15 | If you have spent a long day on the airfield , it will be difficult to refuse your turn to fly , even if you are tired . |
| 16 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |
| 17 | Exactly you have to think a long time . |
| 18 | But , ’ he continued seriously , ‘ I do see danger for you and I also feel sorry , as you have come a long way for nothing . ’ |
| 19 | Douglas McIldoon , of the EC , said : ‘ This document demonstrates that you have come a long way in this region and it will give us great pleasure in working with you to make it happen . ’ |
| 20 | If we can achieve this , we have gone a long way towards solving the axe typology problem since groups of similarly shaped axes would appear as distinct clusters on the page and could be easily identified by eye . |
| 21 | Certainly we have gone a long way to improve the ‘ traditional ’ British Rail sandwich . ’ |
| 22 | We have travelled a long way from the traditional " dualist " and " monist " views of style outlined in Chapter 1 . |
| 23 | We have travelled a long way from the original accelerationist hypothesis as set out in Friedman 's Presidential Address . |
| 24 | Truly , we have travelled a long way from the high hopes and higher hyperbole of the 1980s , when inward investment offered a fast-track escape route from a crumbling manufacturing base . |
| 25 | What follows may suggest that we have moved a long way from the consideration of reading . |
| 26 | Will my hon. Friend please comment on the cost of that and on the fact that , 50 years after the Beveridge report , we have moved a long way from the principle of paying into the kitty through insurance before being allowed to draw out of it ? |
| 27 | ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says . |
| 28 | ‘ We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska , ’ he said . |
| 29 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 30 | We have got a long road ahead but he will get fit because he is so determined . ’ |