Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Florence Ames was quieter about it , as though she had the measure of things because she had spent a long time in looking at them . |
| 32 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 33 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 34 | Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more . |
| 35 | As though all this had happened a long time ago . |
| 36 | Once I noticed the familiar gap in a row of houses like the space left by a drawn tooth , but I could not be certain that it was the result of bombing and if it was it had happened a long time ago . |
| 37 | ‘ The theme of the story was that something very sinister had happened a long time ago which had left the planet looking entirely different from anywhere you could see on Earth . |
| 38 | They reminded Lucien of something that had happened a long time ago , but he could n't remember what . |
| 39 | I had worked a long time on the script with Dalton Trumbo and we worked very hard getting the right cast . |
| 40 | I 've worked in for 30 years and lots of us have worked for over 25 years and we do know that they are bringing in trainees in on higher salaries than ourselves , which obviously is quite upsetting when you 've worked a long time . |
| 41 | He had quite liked the thought of being fit and athletic some time in the future , although the signs had taken a long time coming . |
| 42 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 43 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |
| 44 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |
| 45 | Our visit had taken a long time and we returned to Skeldale House for lunch . |
| 46 | It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off . |
| 47 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |
| 48 | And this kiss was meaningless , because there was nothing behind it ; it was only the last flickering spark of something they had destroyed a long time ago . |
| 49 | ‘ They 've waited a long time . |
| 50 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 51 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 52 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 53 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 54 | She had waited a long time for this moment . |
| 55 | After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely . |
| 56 | It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see . |
| 57 | Darlington had waited a long time for a shopping centre , she said , but the wait had its advantages . |
| 58 | Christophe was extremely fit and used to the 100 per cent humidity , and had learnt a long time back to carry the absolute minimum — a battered still camera and two oranges for lunch — for a full day in the forest . |
| 59 | You know , you 'd think things had changed a long time ago but erm I remember having Chrissy in that yard when he was a baby in his pushchair where and there was the coalman 's horse and erm |
| 60 | I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer . |