Example sentences of "it [verb] a long time get " in BNC.
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1 | That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there . |
2 | The problem with weight loss is that it takes a long time to get what you want . |
3 | These days it takes a long time to get into the ‘ left-hand seat ’ or captain 's position in a major airline ; indeed , as time goes on more and more airline pilots have to recognise the possibility of reaching retirement before they achieve command . |
4 | It takes a long time to get used to it . ’ |
5 | Maybe it takes a long time to get to the phone . |
6 | Yes erm and er I think in the course of that we will have learned a lot of lessons the er that 's not a facetious comment , it 's true er the the first time you write er a software programme erm and any of you will will have experience of this , it takes a long time to get it right . |
7 | ‘ Suffolk folk will tell you it takes a long time to get to know them , and I soon found out it 's true . |
8 | Progress was slow and it took a long time to get a handicap , the first being 17 . |
9 | It took a long time to get round to the subject of Silvia and Jeff . |
10 | Erm it took a long time to get round to it , you know , the , the agreement to the twenty thousand . |