Example sentences of "had a long and " in BNC.
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| 1 | After visiting No 10 , the outspoken MP for Derbyshire South and former junior health minister , said : ‘ The Prime Minister and I had a long and friendly discussion , and I was very honoured to be asked to join his Government . |
| 2 | In the event , Eugénie had a long and difficult labour — over 12 hours — as the Emperor told the Queen in a letter of 17 March , which followed his personal telegram of the previous day . |
| 3 | It was also in this film , when he had a long and exacting monologue at the end , that he finally saw it as what he termed an allegory to his own career : he had the chance of taking a university scholarship but instead chose to take to the road and share his life with some interesting characters , though by this stage of the story in the film itself , Dupea 's liberation is being challenged . |
| 4 | We had a long and interesting chat over coffee at a Yonge Street restaurant . |
| 5 | Now there was a pleasant , outgoing and jolly man , and I am glad to say he had a long and happy life . |
| 6 | Eva Maria , born in Berlin 1927 , had a long and difficult struggle to get her higher education . |
| 7 | Quinn had a long and livid bruise on the side of his jaw , a lump and a plaster on the back of his head . |
| 8 | One interesting visitor was a man with whom I had a long and interesting talk . |
| 9 | Schemes for arranging Perpetual Peace had a long and depressingly futile history . |
| 10 | I had a long and wary walk through the pitch-dark jungles — my wariness stemming from having sighted a large tarantula strolling down the road for its evening constitutional . |
| 11 | He and Sergeant Joe , having met in Petticoat Lane and having talked , repaired to a pub and had a long and very friendly conversation . |
| 12 | Miss Riley had a long and distinguished bookselling career over 65 years . |
| 13 | She held the young man 's prick — and he had a long and a thick one … ) |
| 14 | ‘ They had a long and very happy life together , and when her husband finally died Lucia only lingered a few days before following him . ’ |
| 15 | Her appetite had apparently disappeared through the door with Adam , but she forced herself to eat breakfast , knowing she had a long and probably arduous day to get through . |