Example sentences of "[pron] a long time [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took me a long time to remove the stain . |
| 2 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |
| 3 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
| 4 | It took her a long time to negotiate the journey to the small , functional bathroom across the passage , but in the end she accomplished it without incident . |
| 5 | It was difficult for her to breathe , and it took her a long time to climb the stairs . |
| 6 | And er it took us a long time to get the special material because as you will gather , we tend to do everything properly , so we had to have the a cloth specially woven er handwoven of course and especially dyed and for once we had it especially fooled in other words the nap was raised . |