Example sentences of "it will [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even at these record levels of investment , it will mean a considerable time before the whole programme is completed , ’ said Transport Secretary John MacGregor . |
| 2 | ‘ Rachel 's cot cost £130 and we bought a horsehair mattress for it which cost £50 — expensive but it will last a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ It will take a long time , we are just emerging from the dark ages , but things do n't happen if you do n't make them . |
| 4 | It will take a long time to cover my wall . |
| 5 | It will take a long time . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm sure it will take a long time . ’ |
| 7 | Packed into numbered wooden crates , simply stencilled THE QUEEN 'S DOLLS ' HOUSE it left dirt and chaos in its wake , ‘ … oh , the mess … it 's awful , I must put it clean , ’ wrote its creator to his wife , as he surveyed the wreckage of his Adam drawing room , ‘ but it will take a long time ! ’ |
| 8 | Even when peace is restored , it will take a long time to get the parks operating normally again . |
| 9 | However , the Bill requires those galleries to buy works of art , but it will take a long time to make such acquisitions . |
| 10 | But it will take a long time to change the Romanian attitude . |
| 11 | I think it will take a long time before I could go out on my own , ’ Mr Norrie added . |
| 12 | It will take a long time . |
| 13 | Two cartons , and it will keep a long time , even with no fridge . |