Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] can [vb infin] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flight action is superb although it can take a long time to get to grips with all the features of the program . |
| 2 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 3 | It is a characteristic of a task requiring vigilance that it can span a long time , minutes or hours or even a whole work-shift . |
| 4 | yes , Okay , yes , I 'll see if we can have a long er coffee break , Peter ! |
| 5 | and they can walk a long way |
| 6 | But it also makes everything quite difficult to fully understand as it can take a long time to see what is really being said . |