Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took the mantri a long time to work right round the bull , from shoulder to rump down one side and then from rump to shoulder back up the other . |
| 2 | She had stayed at the baths a long time , probably getting a chill , but worst of all no-one would testify that the water in the pool had had a proper dose of chlorine . |
| 3 | It had taken the mice a long time to explore , they had made short excited scurrying runs across the floor , then back to the hutch , nervous , unsure , limiting themselves to a small prescribed space , only later stepping out of it , extending their freedom . |
| 4 | Your people ripped off the land from the Indians a long time ago . |
| 5 | The handcuffs are cumbersome , perhaps little used , and it takes an askari a long time to adjust them to Tepilit 's thin wrists . |