Example sentences of "[verb] take [pers pn] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 3 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
| 4 | This view of acting behaviour as no more than role function has taken us a long time to understand . |
| 5 | erm and I think maybe that you , you jumped in should n't have done that er because obviously M Martin got quite defensive at that point you know because you were only going there to do this financial planning service and er selling them anything , you were just offering this financial planning service and then you jumped in with these , when I come back with my recommendations erm tt I also thought that erm you know it was a little bit dodgy actually to say you , well you know erm tt we have found that our records are incorrect and I thought well then that maybe and erm you went ve you went very o when you were talking about the dependants erm you , you you did n't seem to get into er erm how many children have you got and is there any other dependants , it , you , it seemed to take you a long time to actually get there . |
| 6 | If you do n't know them it 's going to take you a long time . |
| 7 | It may have taken me a long time to find out about him . |
| 8 | Ernest Jarvis did what he had to do elaborately , and it must have taken him a long time . |
| 9 | It had taken her a long time to get over that . |
| 10 | It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife . |
| 11 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
| 12 | Well it 's taken me a long time to even be able to give affection . |