Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] a long time " in BNC.

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1 And I mean a long time ! ’
2 ‘ At the same time , there was one other bit of me that was very practical that realized that the only money to be made if you were to stay in England — and I never thought of going anywhere else — was to get into commercials , and I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny .
3 And she took a long time to answer it .
4 And they took a long time making it .
5 And they took a long time serving it .
6 Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look .
7 Analysis is a very slow process and it takes a long time to weed through the past and try to discover what things happened to you that affected you .
8 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 .
9 Food photography is all about presentation and it takes a long time , which is why we have a new home economist on the team .
10 The people are generally friendly but shy and it takes a long time to gain their confidence to the point where they will teach a visiting scientist the secrets of their art .
11 It seems to me that you get these big moments in the life of the church , as you do in the life of any institution , historically speaking , and it takes a long time for you to discover what the effect of them is going to be .
12 The part of her story about the pressure of Government cuts was true , and it seemed a long time since she 'd existed in a world that was n't penny-pinching .
13 Progress was slow and it took a long time to get a handicap , the first being 17 .
14 ‘ It was hard to fight my way out of the reserves and it took a long time for me to recover . ’
15 It was their affair , and it ended a long time ago .
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