Example sentences of "[verb] take [adv] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A teacher is needed to take over a long standing recreational class at in September . |
| 2 | It 's just going to take rather a long time making them admit it . ’ |
| 3 | Sorry to have taken rather a long time to reply but Andrew was in transit back to and around Italy . |
| 4 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 5 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 6 | If this explained Mason 's reluctance to pressure Biggs in the middle rounds , thereby allowing the American to pepper him with jabs , it can not obscure the possibility that the British heavyweight will always experience difficulty if required to take on a long contest . |