Example sentences of "[verb] to take a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grandson Richard 's reply seemed to take a long time . |
| 2 | It seemed to take a long time . |
| 3 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 4 | Citing cases , though usually a necessary part of the moot , tends to take a long time and to be boring for the audience . |
| 5 | ‘ This is going to take a long time , ’ said Tony . |
| 6 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
| 7 | It 's going to take a long time yet . |
| 8 | That 's going to take a long time . |
| 9 | We have come to realize that many of us will not see the improvements in our quality of life , as this is going to take a long time . |
| 10 | cos it 'd have to take a long time . |
| 11 | It does n't have to take a long time , it 's up to us here and now . |
| 12 | In 1956 the British forces had appeared to take an unconscionable time to get from Cyprus to Port Said . |
| 13 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |