Example sentences of "would take [art] long time [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 The English host was able to cross unhindered , although it would take a long time to do so in its entirety .
2 She helped me as much as she could , but I knew it would take a long time to reach Estella 's level .
3 Most of these solutions would take a long time to implement .
4 The difficulty here is that this would take a long time to carry out , besides which , there is the problem of access .
5 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 .
6 The second alternative would take a long time to achieve .
7 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 .
8 It would take a long time to get our grill out because I do n't think it would move any more .
9 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 .
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