Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a long time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 2 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 3 | It took Rauschning a long time to realise that his standpoint was exactly opposite to Forster 's . |
| 4 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 5 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |
| 6 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 7 | It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see . |
| 8 | After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely . |