Example sentences of "[verb] a long [noun sg] [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Spain , for instance , no railway station had a hotel attached and passengers often had a long distance to travel from stations to reach their ultimate destination . |
| 2 | If people told me that was all well and good but if they did n't , but I did hear about this erm er she did the operation on the girl who er who could n't get rid of her baby , and then it , she lo she sent she sent a telegram to her husband or a letter er it took a long while to come from the Far East , he was in the Far East . |
| 3 | The College in Coleman 's reign took a long time to recover from the difficulties of its early days . |
| 4 | Hong Kong-born Candice , who is of Oriental appearance , took a long time to recover from her ordeal . |
| 5 | Which took a long time to recover from . |