Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] long [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely it could not take this long to gather up a few baskets of food ? |
| 2 | On the seventh of June it took this long to get to . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's taken this long to get over it and , as many good athletes have discovered to their cost , the temptation has always been to carry on training . |
| 4 | People have known for some time what has been going on , and I 'm surprised it has taken this long to come out into the open . |
| 5 | It had n't taken Roman long to transfer his attention to Dana , had it ? |