Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the retired admiral spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 2 | Ascending its professional hierarchies takes a long time . |
| 3 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 4 | But then , all this business happened a long time ago . |
| 5 | While some customers took a long time to make decisions , other very complicated projects took longer than anticipated to organise . |
| 6 | But some memories take a long time to go … especially when they 're being preserved by Historical enthusiasts . |
| 7 | The reason why some people take a long time to learn the Technique is because it is much simpler than they think . |
| 8 | The sweet taste of this victory lingered a long time on the lips of Dublin dykes . |
| 9 | However , it is necessary to emphasise that exploration of materials such as sand , clay , soil and wood for sheer delight , without the intervention of an adult , is extremely important and for some children lasts a long time . |
| 10 | Although the academic study of Roman law took a long time to have practical effect , by the 1170s and 1180s it was occasionally cited authoritatively in some at least of the courts of the south . |
| 11 | Soilless composts will do very well as they are , keeping them slightly on the dry side , but be very careful , as such composts take a long time to dry out but then do so completely with alarming rapidity , and are exceedingly difficult to wet through to the centre of the root-ball . |
| 12 | As you now from your own experience , such events take a long time to plan , and the hope is that it will all come together on the day ! |
| 13 | After all , these things happened a long time ago . |
| 14 | But human beings discovered a long time ago that if the birds were taken away from their homes , they had an uncanny ability to return even across miles of territory that was totally unknown to them . |
| 15 | Researchers investigating the causes of psychological depression spent a long time carefully documenting how severe , traumatizing events that happen to people , such as bereavement or job loss , can induce it . |
| 16 | Hard disks last a long time but they do n't last for ever . |
| 17 | The legal process takes a long time and the task of getting new Regulations approved remained incomplete when I retired . |
| 18 | Christine de Pizan was born in 1365 and wrote The Book of the City of Ladies in 1405 ; the battle for women 's right to equal education took a long time to win . |
| 19 | One group spent a long time comparing the different notes or tones produced when tubes of different width and length were blown or spoken down . |
| 20 | To build up an impression of how metal use developed , many and various artefacts covering a long time span need to be examined . |
| 21 | She swallowed hard and began , ‘ Well , the Big Bang happened a long time ago . |
| 22 | The fact that a criminal offence occurred a long time ago does not absolve the wrong-doer from guilt , and justice must be done , whether it is 30 or 300 years later . |
| 23 | But he knows that new formats take a long time to catch on with the public : ‘ We have n't got expectations of hundreds of thousands of units . |
| 24 | He believed that it was possible to " foresee this war of positions between the two Spains lasting a long time " , unless there occurred " the intervention of internal political factors ( revolution in one of the two Spains ) or external political factors ( mediation or a more active form of intervention by the Powers ) " . |
| 25 | Those seven miles took a long time , but we worked a few things out . |