Example sentences of "[verb] too long [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those who love Churchill partly because of his warts and feel they have been waiting too long to hear the case for the prosecution put eloquently and with impeccable soundness , ‘ it is a delight ’ . ’ |
| 2 | Lowell had had too long to think and his thoughts were tortuous . |
| 3 | They looked pretty good — all colourful and that , but I did n't stop too long to watch them . |
| 4 | It takes too long to set up and the shutter speed is so slow . |
| 5 | It takes too long to set up and the shutter speed is slow . |
| 6 | Concrete absorbs next to no water , and soft mortar takes too long to stiffen before it can be smoothed off and marked with a light cross-hatch key . |
| 7 | an over-ambitious agenda which takes too long to complete or has to be carried over to the next meeting . |
| 8 | it takes too long to follow a human birth cohort through life — the information is of little interest at the end of such an exercise |
| 9 | Traditionally some vendors oppose asset sales on the basis that it takes too long to obtain the landlord 's consent and the long delay between exchange and completion causes uncertainty for the business . |
| 10 | Mr Freitag says it will take too long to give proper values and that will lead to disputes . |
| 11 | The reason why this happens would take too long to explain here , but it is not a fault in the program as you might be tempted to think ! |
| 12 | Hopefully Class 42XX 2-8-OT No. 4253 will not take too long to return to full working order . |
| 13 | The result is that I rarely hear students chatting about science — it would simply take too long to formulate a question and answer . |
| 14 | it would take too long to go through the entire programme , which is studded with jewels , but if you can dip into it , try the two Passacaglias ( Kerll 's and Muffat 's , in D minor and G minor respectively ) , the deep and moving Allemande which opens Froberger 's Suite No. 20 ( it bears the inscription , in French , ‘ Meditation on my future death , to be played slowly and discreetly ’ ) , or his Fantasia No. 2 , which follows it here ; try too Buxtehude 's extraordinary Choral Suite Auf meinem lieben Gott ; or Weckmann 's two Toccatas … |
| 15 | If on the other hand you frequently send out stories which will be of interest to quite a wide selection of the media it will take too long to go through a large directory and jot down the names every time . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought it would take too long to do but it was easier than the problems of printing . ’ |
| 17 | An MX on rails is not really a solution anyway , because it would take too long to load the missiles on to trains in case ofa surprise attack . |
| 18 | ‘ It ca n't take too long to prepare Wavebreaker for a long voyage , can it ? ’ |
| 19 | Erm I hope it did n't take too long to read our statement . |
| 20 | It would take too long to get the computer up and do it for you , but erm you can take that away with you if , if you like , that just makes the same points I 've been making now , but using a computer simulator . |
| 21 | Yesterday things looked pretty hopeful but that it would n't take too long to get the whole thing sorted out , but I must admit things seem to be escalating and getting a lot worse now . |
| 22 | The last bit of ascent into the upper coire is stony , but it does n't take too long to cross the ice-worn boiler plates to reach the lovely little lochan nestling there . |
| 23 | She had spoken too long to pretend any longer to be asleep , and so she twisted and touched Rosa 's back , softly , with a hand on her shoulder to make her face her . |
| 24 | You wo n't have too long to wait . |
| 25 | All editors live between the Scylla of having insufficient papers in the system to allow efficient publication and the Charybdis of taking too long to publish . |
| 26 | You know if I start saying something I 'm noticing myself think you know I 'm taking too long to say it . |
| 27 | Reacting too slowly and taking too long to make a decision can also be hazardous . |
| 28 | Erm while I 'm having a look at this although it would n't seem to me to be taking too long to look at this Trevor , what you see on the table over there |
| 29 | Even the known and tried types of temporary bridge took too long to erect and were difficult to construct . |
| 30 | They won because Gloucester , brave and energetic and often on top in the second half , took too long to close down on the former Eire winger Jeff Chandler . |