Example sentences of "have [verb] a very long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It ca n't be denied that all this has taken a very long time to come about , but I think that , political wrangling aside , much of the delay has been due to genuine uncertainty about the tax implications of moving money around from one body to another . |
| 2 | The disentangling of ancient mergers that we observe here has taken a very long time , and the best explanation for the persistence of this alternating class is again a social explanation : the ‘ vernacular ’ alternant carries an identity function and strong connotations of closeness and intimacy . |
| 3 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 4 | You mean I 'll have to wait a very long time . |
| 5 | So they 've kept a very long time . |