Example sentences of "to take a long time " in BNC.
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1 | Grandson Richard 's reply seemed to take a long time . |
2 | cos it 'd have to take a long time . |
3 | It does n't have to take a long time , it 's up to us here and now . |
4 | It seemed to take a long time . |
5 | Citing cases , though usually a necessary part of the moot , tends to take a long time and to be boring for the audience . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ This is going to take a long time , ’ said Tony . |
8 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |
9 | Learning about the cultural , marketing and distribution characteristics of such a diverse market as the EC is likely to involve considerable use of the resources and effort of companies , consequently this process is likely to take a long time . |
10 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
11 | It 's going to take a long time yet . |
12 | That 's going to take a long time . |
13 | We have come to realize that many of us will not see the improvements in our quality of life , as this is going to take a long time . |