Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [art] long time " in BNC.

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1 There seems to be a memory for elaborate patterns and sequences which takes a long time to develop .
2 So you could just all out in rhyming prose which takes a long time .
3 If you can sort of say well that has been proven , this is the research , this is the system , this is the model , theorists actually enjoy that because they think well this is n't just somebody 's gut reaction , this is something that somebody spends a long time actually thinking about it considering .
4 He waits a long time , checking his watch often .
5 He waits a long time before seizing her , getting to know her habits and other information about her , but she is really a complete stranger who has never met or loved him , unlike Daisy and Gatsby who at least know each other before the book begins .
6 The second — Mr Lawson 's line -that demand is indeed slowing down , but that it takes a long time to affect the balance of payments .
7 It takes a long time to reach Dynjandi , but the weather improves as the day wears on , leaving me with wonderful views across the Arnarfjörđ3ur , its far peaks wreathed in clouds .
8 It takes a long time to warm up , a very long time , but then I sleep as though practising for death .
9 It is not fair to expect your local delicatessen to do it for you as it takes a long time to slice the whole ham and Parma must be cut thinly .
10 But it takes a long time to regain trust .
11 The problem with weight loss is that it takes a long time to get what you want .
12 Banks are like supertankers : it takes a long time to turn them round .
13 Well , the best thing about the course is , I think , that you get an all-round view of how it 's arranged and the time aspect of the information flow — that it takes a long time for information to reach the books and compendia etc .
14 It takes a long time for an explosion in the southern hemisphere to affect the north ; an eruption in the northern hemisphere has a much quicker impact on us .
15 He added : ‘ If anyone has been through a traumatic experience , it takes a long time to unwind .
16 Analysis is a very slow process and it takes a long time to weed through the past and try to discover what things happened to you that affected you .
17 ‘ When the mortars wake me at night , it takes a long time to go back to sleep .
18 I soon discovered that a lot of the local children stuck together and that outsiders were n't made very welcome — even if you come from another part of Cornwall it takes a long time to be accepted .
19 ‘ There are only one hundred mountain guides in the country at the moment , probably because it takes a long time to qualify and the standards are very high .
20 These days it takes a long time to get into the ‘ left-hand seat ’ or captain 's position in a major airline ; indeed , as time goes on more and more airline pilots have to recognise the possibility of reaching retirement before they achieve command .
21 That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there .
22 So it takes a long time think more egalitarian .
23 He added almost apologetically , " It takes a long time .
24 I 'm Emma with her silly little clever-clever theories of love and marriage , and love is something that comes in different clothes , with a different way and different face , and perhaps it takes a long time for you to accept it , to be able to call it love .
25 Food photography is all about presentation and it takes a long time , which is why we have a new home economist on the team .
26 It takes a long time to get used to it . ’
27 Maybe it takes a long time to get to the phone .
28 It takes a long time to visit every house in the neighbourhood — and enjoy some hospitality while one is there . ’
29 This is because its chronicity can be achieved only by delivering a massive insult or repeated dosing so that it takes a long time for the acute ulcer to heal and often leads to the death of the animal in the acute phase .
30 If the property does not sell at all , or if it takes a long time to sell , the local authority search result may become dated .
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