Example sentences of "[verb] very long [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now here of course , and , and by now we 've reached the closing pages of the book , though it 's actually quite a short book , erm , it does n't take very long to read . |
| 2 | It does n't take very long to master shaping methods and fairly soon the shaping can be hand-tooled with scarcely a check to the actual knitting while we attend to it . |
| 3 | The only reason I can er play is that , your dinner wo n't take very long to get . |
| 4 | They do n't take very long to come . |
| 5 | It may be that with adequate supervision and a period of reorientation it will not take very long to prepare yourself for a new role , but do take care to acknowledge your limitations , and to make known to your manager how these are likely to affect the care you give . |
| 6 | ‘ I was , frankly , surprised , but did n't take very long to make up my mind that this was not an invitation you could refuse … or that I wanted to refuse . ’ |
| 7 | Mind you , I do n't get very long to do it in . |
| 8 | It does n't seem very long does it ? |
| 9 | She did not have to wait very long to find out . |