Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [art] [adv] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is the case , the changes of the past 30 years may be the first signs of a return to the more traditional population distribution of pre-industrial Britain , but it must also be borne in mind that it takes a very long time to shift major population patterns , and that the present trends may only be a veneer on an underlying and more permanent structure . |
| 2 | Er , what companies can do , or should seek to do , is of course , see if they can manage round those tensions as well , but it takes a very long time to do that . |
| 3 | So I think we are actually obliged , and it 's right that people should be consulted , but there is a point about it that it takes an awful long time and that is actually the reason why we 've got er a whole programme of urban safety management schemes that er are taking a long time to develop , it 's almost two years now , and the main reason for that is toing and froing with different designs with members of the public and the worst thing we could do is actually put in a package of schemes which people say , well that 's not what we wanted anyway . |
| 4 | It takes an awful long time for you to regain that and to feel safe in your own homes . |
| 5 | Beat it for ten minutes , that 's it seems an awfully long time to just stand there and . |
| 6 | For , I think we 'd probably better keep you going for , how about six da hmm for five days , that 's actually quite a long course for this stuff cos it lasts an awful long time in the body . |