Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The working party on the theology of marriage is finding its task stimulating but arduous and it will surprise no one that it 's taking a long time . |
| 2 | It 's taking a long time to heal . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Everything official here seems to be tied up in red tape , so although it 's taking a long time I 'm sure the licence is being processed , ’ she declared defiantly . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’ |
| 5 | The Body being thus equipp 'd and laid in the Coffin ( which Coffin is sometimes very magnificent ) , it is visited a second time to see that it is bury 'd in Flannel , and that nothing about it sowed with Thread . |
| 6 | It is taking a long time to redesign the business processes of these industries . |
| 7 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
| 8 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 9 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
| 10 | She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time . |
| 11 | ‘ I heard it was having a difficult time . ’ |
| 12 | After it was found a second time — minus the tools — Mr Brettel , 48 , of Ash , Hants , said : ‘ I thought they were winding me up . |