Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [art] very long time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It ca n't be denied that all this has taken a very long time to come about , but I think that , political wrangling aside , much of the delay has been due to genuine uncertainty about the tax implications of moving money around from one body to another .
2 The disentangling of ancient mergers that we observe here has taken a very long time , and the best explanation for the persistence of this alternating class is again a social explanation : the ‘ vernacular ’ alternant carries an identity function and strong connotations of closeness and intimacy .
3 So it 's going to take a very long time , because it has been male orientated , but until we get the attitude of the work place , which is encouraging their piers to apply for jobs instead of , oh , of course , I do n't think I will apply for that job .
4 Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments .
5 You mean I 'll have to wait a very long time .
6 ‘ This is something I should 'ave done a very long time ago .
7 One problem is that appeals to the European Court from decisions of DGIV tend to take a very long time , and there is also some doubt as to whether the Court is an appropriately constituted body to act as a review tribunal in the sense described above .
8 So they 've kept a very long time .
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