Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a long time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass . |
| 2 | Citing cases , though usually a necessary part of the moot , tends to take a long time and to be boring for the audience . |
| 3 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
| 4 | But there are particular areas like this , you having to wait a long time and if you come into the building to go and see a film and you 've you 've left an hour to , to have some food you , you really should n't be missing the film because |
| 5 | It seemed to have lasted a long time and there had been no glory for me in it . |
| 6 | She explained that with some people one had to wait a long time before one saw what one wanted to see . |
| 7 | We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’ |
| 8 | Well I 'd like to say stay a long time but actually I thought |
| 9 | Our visit had taken a long time and we returned to Skeldale House for lunch . |
| 10 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |