Example sentences of "have long [adv] give [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tour has long since given up those occasional easy days known as promenades , when the peloton idled along , especially on the Mediterranean coast , as though on a club run . |
| 2 | Medical sociology has long since given up looking at process — it 's too busy experiencing illness and waffling on about doctor-patient interaction . |
| 3 | I 'd long since given up trying to get her not to call me that . |
| 4 | Then the conifers would have long since given up their job as nurses to the beeches and ended in a timber yard . |
| 5 | He had long since given up reading the tabloids . |
| 6 | Mother had long since given up remonstrating with us on the need to show respect and reverence towards our aunts , her sisters-in-law . |
| 7 | Colonel Fergusson had long since given up trying to understand the business . |
| 8 | Though the unit had long since given up any pretence of cooling the room , it did turn out to have a curious talent for magnifying the pigeons ' footfalls so that their tap dance rang out like a drum-roll at six every morning . |
| 9 | His hand and arms were free , but his knees and ankles had long since given out . |
| 10 | She is past the menopause and she and Abraham have long since given up sexual intercourse . |
| 11 | Overtaking needs a bit more planning , but for those who have long since given up the chase and opted for a more dignified life , this is a lot of car for the money plus a BMW badge to ride behind . |
| 12 | The seagulls have long since given up on this ferry . |
| 13 | This remains one of the strongest reasons why so many parents still want their children to have RE even though they themselves have long since given up having much to do with religion . |
| 14 | Birds have long since given up trying to nest in her eaves . |