Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh every year , oh well we 've got a long time to keep it going , within about the first , within about the first month daddy managed to get the iron on the top |
| 2 | I mean I 'll be upset about our Whisky , 'cos we 're , I mean , we 've had a long time , although she 's not a pet pet , you know what I mean . |
| 3 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 4 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 5 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ They 've waited a long time . |
| 8 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 11 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |