Example sentences of "[verb] take a [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
2 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
3 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
4 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
5 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
6 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
7 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
8 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
9 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
10 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
11 | But those old ideas do take a long time to die . |
12 | You do take a long time to come out has not reached the non strikers and er , some said he had a little reading from who . |
13 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |
14 | Nobody wants to lose and if nobody wants to lose it means it gets fiercer and it goes on for longer and it does takes a long time to resolve , if it ever is and often to the detriment of one person to the success of another . |
15 | The way in which forests are disappearing , land is becoming desert , erm food is not being grown in areas where it used to be grown , those are disasters , but what we 're talking about is the , the rather more sudden event which , which you know reaches a crescendo , even if it does take a long time to develop , like a famine , nevertheless the disaster is considered to be that point when perhaps thousands of people are in very desperate need of food . |
16 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |
17 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
18 | He had quite liked the thought of being fit and athletic some time in the future , although the signs had taken a long time coming . |
19 | The links between sport , the media ‘ and big business ‘ which are now so important , have taken a long time to forge . |
20 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
21 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
22 | Some of you er you know it 's taken a long time to get this message over . |