Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I retraced my steps , by this time it was 7 pm and I 'd done a long walk and about 45 miles on the bike . |
| 2 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I had worked a long time on the script with Dalton Trumbo and we worked very hard getting the right cast . |
| 5 | I had come a long way ; and I could recognise the signs of travel in others . |
| 6 | I had spent a long day in the autumn bargaining with the previous owner over the furniture and carpets and ended up having bought most of it at a reasonable price . |
| 7 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
| 8 | I 've lived a long life — a useful one too , I hope . |
| 9 | I 've waited a long while for this . ’ |
| 10 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 13 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 've had a long chat with Vinnie , ’ said Kinnear . |
| 15 | Er but , you know , I , I 'd , as I say , I think er and then if we just , if we can just pick up like the odd I mean , I 've , I 've had a long chat with Anne , we 've had a long , erm meeting with Anne yesterday about it , and she 's gon na start pushing cos you know , she 's really done the Royal upstairs , it 's |
| 16 | I 've had a long life and many blessings and you 've been one of the best . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've had a long day , Nora . |
| 18 | I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now . |
| 19 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
| 20 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
| 21 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 22 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say . |
| 24 | mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ? |
| 25 | I 've got a long drive tomorrow . |
| 26 | ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me . |
| 27 | Erm , I 'd like to welcome you to the Industrial Training Board , I spent about four and a half years with training scheme , and I actually originated in er , engineering , so er , I 've got a long track record , perhaps of training and er , an even long track record working , so I wo n't give you too hard a time . |
| 28 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |
| 29 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |