Example sentences of "took a long time [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The College in Coleman 's reign took a long time to recover from the difficulties of its early days . |
| 2 | Hong Kong-born Candice , who is of Oriental appearance , took a long time to recover from her ordeal . |
| 3 | Which took a long time to recover from . |
| 4 | The two drawbacks were that it initially took a long time to get into , and it was hot — the first problem was solved , the second not . |
| 5 | Sims took a long time to think about answering that . |
| 6 | It took a long time to adjust after discovering the baby was a girl . ’ |