Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] a long [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 2 | Courtesy of these NME shows , you too could join a long queue for a booth in which Cliff or Dusty or Adam Faith sold kisses for two bob a time . |
| 3 | He 'd come a long way for a dude from Texas , and it had all been so very easy for the man with the Gary Cooper smile . |
| 4 | There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system . |
| 5 | Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem . |
| 6 | It would mean a longer walk for them round the northward coil of the river , but that was a small matter once they were out of the town . |
| 7 | To wait until their children are in the secondary stage may seem a long time for delay . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family . |