Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] a long time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh every year , oh well we 've got a long time to keep it going , within about the first , within about the first month daddy managed to get the iron on the top |
| 2 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 3 | After all , they have had a long time to become used to them . |
| 4 | The links between sport , the media ‘ and big business ‘ which are now so important , have taken a long time to forge . |
| 5 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 6 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 7 | ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says . |
| 8 | ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me . |
| 9 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |