Example sentences of "[vb past] a long [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | People lived a long time with fluid … asthma … emphysema … years . |
| 2 | So has Mr Sununu , who as governor of New Hampshire fought a long battle with the greens to open the Seabrook nuclear plant . |
| 3 | He spent a long time with her , talking , and making her feel better when she was crying and that .. |
| 4 | This production in 1900 started a long association with Blackpool . |
| 5 | The Times also carried a long interview with Jacob Manor . |
| 6 | Had a long chat with Dad about which service we should attend . |
| 7 | So I had a long chat with the , with the cleansing officer and the main point |
| 8 | I had a long chat with during the trip when , amongst other topics , we recalled the days of the agricultural show season and some of the hectic times we had , especially at the Norfolk and Suffolk shows . |
| 9 | From talking to them on the way home and talking to Ted Heath 's G P , who we also had a long discussion with , without doubt there are other people there who obviously simply refuse to let come home , who are just as serious and , from the sound of it , one or two perhaps even more serious than the ones we did bring home . |
| 10 | In England for the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch , I had a long conversation with James , of which I recall principally that it was about fate . |
| 11 | He had a long conversation with a Russian passenger , who talked about magic and ‘ hidden powers ’ in a most interesting way . |
| 12 | On May 18th 60 members had a long session with Howard Pastor , the White House head of congressional liaison , trying to convince him of the need for further cuts . |
| 13 | Città del Castello , which had a long rivalry with Arezzo , had reason to want papal protection in order to stave off the ambitions of Arezzo . |
| 14 | Buck strode up to his ball and had a long consultation with his caddy . |
| 15 | Probably the greatest scientific panjandrum of the 19th century , Thomson had a long association with transoceanic cables . |
| 16 | Langdale had a long association with spinning and weaving and there were several galleries in the area . |
| 17 | Robin Prentice , who died during the winter , became the Scottish Cricket Union 's Administrator in 1982 , retiring in 1990 and had a long association with the game in Scotland and as a wicket-keeper batsman with Uddingston in the Western Union . |
| 18 | Erm that means we have a stall on Tuesday the twenty fourth , Wednesday we 've got our meeting here with the speaker about , were having Mike speaking on Czechoslovakian now and he 'll be telling us his experiences over there and his had a long association with Czechoslovakia and Harlow and Thursday were having a market stall with a jazz band and Norman could probably tell us more about that . |
| 19 | Preston had a long association with railway stations . |
| 20 | He also developed an interest in whales , worked at the Stazione Zoologica in Naples and the Plymouth Laboratory , and had a long association with the Marine Biological Association . |
| 21 | Harmer had a long association with the Museums Association , of which he was president in 1904 , becoming an honorary member in 1922 . |
| 22 | Both he and his wife Margery had a long association with the Lake District . |
| 23 | My grandfather , who was one of the aircraft pioneers , told me that he had a long argument with Cody about whether a certain member was in tension or in compression in flight . |
| 24 | When , in another striking instance , the earl of Carlisle reached the capital in 1664 as ambassador from Charles II , he had a long argument with the official deputed to receive him as to which should first descend from his sledge when they met formally . |
| 25 | ‘ On December 16 , I had a long talk with Kevin and Ian . |
| 26 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
| 27 | I had a long talk with Nora this morning . |
| 28 | And coming back I had a long talk with the nice shy boy , Jean-Louis . |
| 29 | They really seem to enjoy running a hotel — I had a long talk with the porter … |
| 30 | " I had a long talk with Sir Geoffrey before you came , " said Mr. Henniker . |