Example sentences of "[verb] take a long [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 2 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 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 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 6 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But those old ideas do take a long time to die . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 17 | The links between sport , the media ‘ and big business ‘ which are now so important , have taken a long time to forge . |
| 18 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 19 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 20 | Some of you er you know it 's taken a long time to get this message over . |