Example sentences of "we have [vb pp] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we all got very excited because it was the first money we 'd spent for a long time . |
| 2 | Well very rarely it was I , actually I 'd say I was n't really furnished what they used to call the sofa down the one side and there was chairs around there was no three piece suite or anything like that , but er if it was a wet Sunday afternoon we 'd play draughts or games like that , as we grew older we used to play , play whist , so it was just a room for oh and we had a gramophone , I , I 've actually got the old gramophone case I have n't got the working part I 've got the case upstairs now , it was a , as long as I , we er , I bought it and the pals used to club around and buy a record each week there was er Parlaphone , they used to have a little shop on the corner of Street and Street , and we had it from there , and we used to buy a little , a small record perhaps once a week , perhaps once a month , but er I remember the first record we 'd , we 'd bought as a long play was No No Nanette and er a twelve inch record . |
| 3 | We 've moved on a long way from the original version . ’ |
| 4 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 5 | ‘ Our side against Huddersfield will be the most experienced we have fielded for a long time . |
| 6 | We have argued for a long time that there is a peripheral argument that in the strategic interests of the nation we should be concerned about the coal industry . |
| 7 | We have accepted for a long time that traumatic stress incidents are the basis of an industrial injury claim . |
| 8 | We have known for a long time that there is no one right way to analyze a proposed capital investment . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | In calling for a vote on European union , TODAY is speaking up for what most of us have wanted for a long time . |