Example sentences of "would [verb] a [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd take a long time to dry would n't they , then , on the sticks and that |
| 2 | They 'd have a hard time proving that , I think , if they were interested in proof ; which I 'm not sure they are . |
| 3 | Today , several men would spend a considerable time erecting steel scaffolding before such a job would be attempted . |
| 4 | And and would have a good time playing it , cos i There 's enough there , but it 's not you know |
| 5 | But with the size that the baby is already , it 's likely Greene would have a hard time getting her beyond thirty-eight weeks . |
| 6 | I think the NSF would have a hard time answering that question . ’ |
| 7 | The English host was able to cross unhindered , although it would take a long time to do so in its entirety . |
| 8 | She helped me as much as she could , but I knew it would take a long time to reach Estella 's level . |
| 9 | Most of these solutions would take a long time to implement . |
| 10 | The difficulty here is that this would take a long time to carry out , besides which , there is the problem of access . |
| 11 | However , he stressed that economic growth was still heavily dependent on continued flows of external assistance , since the programmes under way would take a long time to carry out . |
| 12 | The second alternative would take a long time to achieve . |
| 13 | This form of socialism , based upon the accountability of the state to society rather than vice versa , would take a long time to develop , but it was this form of socialism that supporters of perestroika hoped the Party Conference would develop further — as indeed it did . |
| 14 | It would take a long time to get our grill out because I do n't think it would move any more . |
| 15 | Then he would move to another par of the bed , away from the cold wet patch that would take a long time to dry and leave a stiff yellow stain on the mattress . |
| 16 | A complication was that it had to be reduced in a complicated , controlled manner or the electricity grid throughout Ulster would be burned out and would require a long time to replace after the strike would be over . |