Example sentences of "[pers pn] long [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't take me long to find out otherwise . |
| 2 | Besides , it did n't take me long to figure out I was wrong . ’ |
| 3 | If their attackers were in any strength it would not take them long to get through . |
| 4 | But it did not take him long to sort out what was wrong with it . |
| 5 | It had n't taken her long to clear out her room at the nurses ' home this morning , and her father had come over at lunch to take several boxes of things back to his suburban home for storage . |
| 6 | Perhaps , but it had n't taken her long to work out what the boy really was . |
| 7 | It did not take her long to work out that the meal was going to cost her considerably more than she 'd saved by spending a rather miserable night in rue Roland . |
| 8 | He said , ‘ Wo n't take us long to get back . |