Example sentences of "take [pron] long [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't take them long to reach Kenilworth . |
| 2 | If their attackers were in any strength it would not take them long to get through . |
| 3 | It did not take them long to inform us that we had arrived with their traditional enemies , the Bugis . |
| 4 | It did not take them long to make their minds up : mobility , Jessica said , was the nicest thing she knew about being well-off . |
| 5 | It did not take me long to realize that this was the man I had needed so badly . ’ |
| 6 | It did n't take me long to realise it was very different from the kind of journalism I 'd been used to . |
| 7 | It did n't take me long to realise I 'd fallen in love with love rather than with Dave . ’ |
| 8 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
| 9 | It did n't take me long to find out otherwise . |
| 10 | Besides , it did n't take me long to figure out I was wrong . ’ |
| 11 | As a free man in a growing country , it did not take him long to see the potential . |
| 12 | ‘ He has that particular continental style but it wo n't take him long to gel . |
| 13 | It did n't take him long to realize that one less headache was getting rid of me . |
| 14 | But it did not take him long to sort out what was wrong with it . |
| 15 | ‘ You see , it did n't take him long to find the riff-raff , ’ Moran said . |
| 16 | It did n't take him long to master the basics of what British Steel was all about and he has been just as versatile in acquiring an understanding of a diverse range of other businesses , from computers and oil drilling to knitwear machines . |
| 17 | It did n't take her long to realise that he could n't really be spending much time here . |
| 18 | It did n't take her long to regret taking part . |
| 19 | It did n't take her long to decide she had precisely two choices — well , one , really , because even though it was n't cold it would look wrong to go out in thin cotton to the sort of party he was talking about . |
| 20 | It did n't take her long to dress , freshen her make-up and add touches of silver jewellery on ears , neck and wrists , and it was quite a bit less than Tom 's stipulated twenty minutes later when she approached the veranda again . |
| 21 | It did n't take her long to change into her jade swimsuit and moments later she walked on to the poolside . |
| 22 | It did not take her long to work out that the meal was going to cost her considerably more than she 'd saved by spending a rather miserable night in rue Roland . |
| 23 | It did n't take her long to pack the few clothes she would need , even though her mind was far away in the past . |
| 24 | Apparently it did not take her long to provide services for both husband and wife . |
| 25 | He said , ‘ Wo n't take us long to get back . |
| 26 | Well , it had n't taken him long to show his true colours ! |
| 27 | The Villa Fiesole was a fairly big house and yet it had not taken him long to find the box . |
| 28 | Angelica reckoned that she was a reasonable judge of people — one could hardly be a nurse for twenty years without picking up one hell of a lot of insight — and it had n't taken her long to decide that Alina Peterson was either dead straight or very plausible . |
| 29 | It had not taken her long to realise that here was a vindictive old villain , bent on making her life as miserable as he possibly could . |
| 30 | It had n't taken her long to discover that they had nothing whatsoever in common . |