Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 61 | We have accepted for a long time that traumatic stress incidents are the basis of an industrial injury claim . |
| 62 | ‘ I have felt for a long time that the only way this issue was going to be resolved was to have it fixed on a political level — that it would n't just fade away . |
| 63 | But the Premier League clubs did come up with two positive measures in what Parry described as ‘ the most constructive meeting we have had for a long time . ’ |
| 64 | It was the best experience I have had for a long time . ’ |
| 65 | ‘ Our side against Huddersfield will be the most experienced we have fielded for a long time . |
| 66 | That shared culture has gone , though its traces have persisted for a long time , at least among those unworldly older academics who assume that students of English will have read the whole of Shakespeare in the sixth form , or that they can readily identify classical or biblical references . |
| 67 | You do n't expect that from people you have known for a long time . |
| 68 | We have known for a long time that there is no one right way to analyze a proposed capital investment . |
| 69 | Managers have known for a long time that demographics matter , but they have always believed that population statistics change slowly . |
| 70 | Residents have campaigned for a long time for a speed restriction and traffic calming in Skerne Park , which has a high accident rate . |
| 71 | Some young people in care have voiced for a long time their preference for residential rather than fostering care ( Page and Clark , 1977 ) . |
| 72 | In calling for a vote on European union , TODAY is speaking up for what most of us have wanted for a long time . |
| 73 | Archbishop Eames said : ‘ I have believed for a long time there is a crying need for the Churches to examine the problem of sectarianism in depth . |
| 74 | As we all know , not only in London but in many of our big cities , there are areas of great depression — neglected areas where there are thousands of people out of work — and those areas have existed for a long time . |
| 75 | This is a pity because his book was one of the most interesting textbooks I have read for a long time . |