Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the driver spent a long time finding our house … ‘ |
| 2 | The seal spent a long time underwater , thinking . |
| 3 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 4 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |
| 5 | ‘ The coach arrived a long time ago ! |
| 6 | All money purchase schemes are potentially unpredictable , and are especially likely to lose value through monetary inflation ( and not least if the annuitant lives a long time ) unless the annuity is fully index-linked , which is not the case under present legislation . |
| 7 | The Cage disappeared a long time ago in the past , leaving whoever buys the property , a clear view across the Chilterns into the future . |
| 8 | He was a perfectionist , and the job took a long time . |
| 9 | The stitching takes a long time and hurts Stig a lot more than it hurts the rest of us . |
| 10 | THE head went a long time ago , then it was the legs — but on Thursday night it was Martina Navratilova 's heart that had gone from her game . |
| 11 | The chemicals are water-borne and the timber takes a long time to dry out . |
| 12 | The embrace lasted a long time . |
| 13 | The train stood a long time in Gloucester Road station , for no apparent reason . |
| 14 | And the City took a long time to wake up to Europe 's moves towards monetary union ; its bid to host a European central bank was made later than most others . |
| 15 | The ditch seemed a long time ago : two weeks and three days back to the lonely silent abandoned struggle in the attic , to the life that seemed now to be the dream , with Shellerton the reality . |
| 16 | The sinews of political and economic integration required to enable the expanded raising of resources by the Crown took a long time to create . |