Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb -s] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | All money purchase schemes are potentially unpredictable , and are especially likely to lose value through monetary inflation ( and not least if the annuitant lives a long time ) unless the annuity is fully index-linked , which is not the case under present legislation . |
| 2 | The stitching takes a long time and hurts Stig a lot more than it hurts the rest of us . |
| 3 | The chemicals are water-borne and the timber takes a long time to dry out . |
| 4 | Yes but you know I mean a tr a tree takes a long time to mature does n't it ? |
| 5 | I I ca n't comment on on comments that you are referencing , however I will say that in Maryland er we displaced an incumbent vendor who had been there a long time , er that vendor was a bit upset as you might imagine with being displaced as a vendor , and in Maryland we had a situation that kind of evolved into the same kind of political row you would expect when a company loses a long time business . |