Example sentences of "[adv] take [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it necessarily takes a long time to produce such a report , the mandatory period within which the legal claim should be registered has frequently , even usually , expired before the report is available . |
| 2 | Deborah Coleman was one of the highest-flying women in Silicon Valley with the title chief financial officer until she suddenly took a long sabbatical a couple of years ago : she did return to Apple Computer Inc and became vice-president for information systems , but quit again suddenly last week ; she has now resurfaced at Tektronix Inc as vice-president for materials operations , which is a new post . |
| 3 | For the Stock Exchange chief executive , the ignominy of having cost the City several hundred million pounds was reason enough to take the long walk . |
| 4 | Better to take a long cool walk and see it that way than lose perspective in the weary hours of the night . |
| 5 | Mercifully the illness did not take a long course . |
| 6 | They were out there , it just took a long time to find them . |
| 7 | However , the seeds had been sown in my mind — they just took a long time to grow ! |
| 8 | I 'm , I 'm getting there it 's just taking a long while . |
| 9 | it 's just taking a long time . |
| 10 | I have just taken a long , stiff drink . |
| 11 | Still takes a long time to chew . |
| 12 | Bernie Ecclestone , however , feels guardedly optimistic , ‘ It always takes a long time to get an F1 race up and running in the US , ’ he said . |
| 13 | He was however er reasonably clear as to the speed at which local authorities tend to deal with these matters , he said that it always takes a long time and getting any answer out of the local authority might well take somewhere between six months and up to two years , he thought that perhaps eighteen months was a reasonable guess before he would actually manage to get somebody if Paul were to move as er , it maybe well occur to here or a different local authority then of course the application would just go back to square one and that would lead to more delay . |
| 14 | Well it 's always takes a long time . |
| 15 | do they usually take a long while |
| 16 | Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out . |
| 17 | Our prospective visitor bowed to the inevitable and wrote to us : ‘ Owing to procedure for obtaining a visa usually taking a long time it seems impossible to start our work at the date you suggested . |
| 18 | She had always taken a long time over her toilet : a review of her clothes ; a long-drawn-out bath ; massage ; manicure ; then her hair and make-up . |
| 19 | Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date . |
| 20 | In a big house it often takes a long time for everyone to find ‘ Smee ’ . |
| 21 | Also the fragility of the grammar — there are a number of features that are not covered by the grammar and it often takes a long time to reject the sentence . |
| 22 | We often take a long time to hear of what is going on in the outside world and when we do find out , it can take even longer to get into the field . |
| 23 | ‘ They often take a long time . |
| 24 | I ignored it and carried on taking a long break . |
| 25 | Victims frequently took a long time to die , often very unpleasantly . |
| 26 | Loc hesitated , then took a long breath . |
| 27 | When his eyes moved to her mouth , she swallowed drily , then took a long shuddering breath that locked somewhere in her lungs as he pushed the mac from her shoulders . |
| 28 | ‘ Vaguely … ’ drawled Carol , then took a long draw , a good lung-and-a-half-full . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I am about to take a long vacation . |