Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was September , when the days take a long time to wake up and the green of the trees is brushed with gold . |
| 2 | For one thing they are not really cultivated , mostly because the trees take a long time to bear fruit and even then are not very prolific . |
| 3 | The girls spent a long time putting their new wardrobe together . |
| 4 | I was in command of a heavily laden Stirling which was renowned for the fact that on a cold night the engines took a long time , even with the grills closed , to warm up . |
| 5 | But many of the boys took a long time to get over their paralysed state . |
| 6 | She was always rushing off to the Housing Applicant Office and the interviews took a long time . |