Example sentences of "[pers pn] [art] long time [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took me a long time to remove the stain . |
| 2 | Clambering over rocks and following narrow sheep trails — which tended to peter out disconcertingly in the thick bracken — it took me a long time to find a possible beck-traversing spot . |
| 3 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |
| 4 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
| 5 | ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment . |
| 6 | However , it took them a long time to see an ally in the Poles . |
| 7 | It took her a long time to negotiate the journey to the small , functional bathroom across the passage , but in the end she accomplished it without incident . |
| 8 | It was difficult for her to breathe , and it took her a long time to climb the stairs . |
| 9 | And er it took us a long time to get the special material because as you will gather , we tend to do everything properly , so we had to have the a cloth specially woven er handwoven of course and especially dyed and for once we had it especially fooled in other words the nap was raised . |