Example sentences of "[vb past] too long [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the known and tried types of temporary bridge took too long to erect and were difficult to construct . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Maybe I took too long to prepare for each jump . |
| 4 | An eight-band spear gun took too long to load for the fisherman to have more than one shot . |
| 5 | The Armenians — as the Palestinians have often told them — waited too long to fight for their nation . |