Example sentences of "taking a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He coiled the rope around her thighs , so she had no leeway to wriggle , and then , taking a long copper stick , he secured her ankles to either end . |
| 2 | ‘ You might fall asleep again , ’ he said , picking up a mug from the table beside him and taking a long swallow . |
| 3 | I 'm , I 'm getting there it 's just taking a long while . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're taking a long chance , sitting there and making with all this stuff . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not surprised , ’ Ven replied , and taking a long pull of breath , ‘ I do n't seem to be doing this very well , ’ he stated , ‘ but at least we 're talking — which makes it less difficult than I thought it was going to be . ’ |
| 6 | Taking a long holiday in an unpolluted environment , while avoiding other chemical exposures , is the best way of testing for this possibility . |
| 7 | ‘ I got into the arms trade as an idealist , ’ he says , taking a long draw on his Rothmans cigarette . |
| 8 | If a gloomy mood descended on him , he could shake it off by taking a long walk in the direction of the most barren stretch of beach , out over the dunes . |
| 9 | Taking a long piece of string , she dragged it to and fro through the mud , heaping it up and turning that into men . |
| 10 | ‘ It seems to be taking a long time , ’ Omi observed . |
| 11 | Muldoon seemed to be taking a long time over his coffee . |
| 12 | Although John was generally a quick worker , Anne Heaton remembers him as taking a long time over this work and seeming nervous about it . |
| 13 | For example , a client may come to a bureau because he is concerned that the housing benefit to which he is entitled is taking a long time to materialise . |
| 14 | Our prospective visitor bowed to the inevitable and wrote to us : ‘ Owing to procedure for obtaining a visa usually taking a long time it seems impossible to start our work at the date you suggested . |
| 15 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 16 | ‘ These lights seem to be taking a long time to change ’ |
| 17 | Not returning calls , or taking a long time to do so . |
| 18 | You may have recollections of taking a long time to achieve competence in one particular skill , and wonder whether on returning you will be given adequate time to practise and revise . |
| 19 | Littleton , Massachusetts-based Alliant Computer Systems Corp is taking a long time to die — too long for Craig Mundie , who resigned as president and chief executive to accept a position with Microsoft Corp as general manager , Advanced Consumer Technologies . |
| 20 | The working party on the theology of marriage is finding its task stimulating but arduous and it will surprise no one that it 's taking a long time . |
| 21 | It is taking a long time to redesign the business processes of these industries . |
| 22 | These services are still delivered through the traditional hierarchical structures with decisions being ‘ handed down ’ and information from the ground level taking a long time to reach and influence the making of decisions and policy . |
| 23 | She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning . |
| 24 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |
| 25 | It 's taking a long time to heal . ’ |
| 26 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 27 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 28 | Watching the door , Lucy stood waiting for them to emerge again , but their exit appeared to be taking a long time to eventuate . |
| 29 | This is taking a long time . |
| 30 | This is taking a long time . |