Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We often take a long time to hear of what is going on in the outside world and when we do find out , it can take even longer to get into the field . |
| 2 | However , the seeds had been sown in my mind — they just took a long time to grow ! |
| 3 | ‘ They often take a long time . |
| 4 | Since it necessarily takes a long time to produce such a report , the mandatory period within which the legal claim should be registered has frequently , even usually , expired before the report is available . |
| 5 | They were out there , it just took a long time to find them . |
| 6 | Bernie Ecclestone , however , feels guardedly optimistic , ‘ It always takes a long time to get an F1 race up and running in the US , ’ he said . |
| 7 | He was however er reasonably clear as to the speed at which local authorities tend to deal with these matters , he said that it always takes a long time and getting any answer out of the local authority might well take somewhere between six months and up to two years , he thought that perhaps eighteen months was a reasonable guess before he would actually manage to get somebody if Paul were to move as er , it maybe well occur to here or a different local authority then of course the application would just go back to square one and that would lead to more delay . |
| 8 | In a big house it often takes a long time for everyone to find ‘ Smee ’ . |
| 9 | Also the fragility of the grammar — there are a number of features that are not covered by the grammar and it often takes a long time to reject the sentence . |
| 10 | The two drawbacks were that it initially took a long time to get into , and it was hot — the first problem was solved , the second not . |
| 11 | I do n't know when this story started but it certainly happened a long time ago . |
| 12 | He was certainly in Italy before Narses died in 574 , and he subsequently spent a long time in Constantinople . |