Example sentences of "[pron] have take [art] long " in BNC.

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1 I had to take a long , hard look at him before I was sure .
2 I have taken a long look at local government finance .
3 According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up .
4 The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps .
5 The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps .
6 In her agitation she had taken the longer route on to the Quay de Cologny .
7 Phil Tufnell celebrates the return catch which disposed of New Zealand 's Dipak Patel , who had taken the long handle to the left-arm spinner in the previous Test
8 ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’
9 They have taken a long hard look at the way Japanese firms operate and tried to understand what it is that makes them so much more productive and successful .
10 No , I , I gather he has taken a long weekend , I do n't know where he 's whisked himself off to , but I 'm afraid I wo n't be here , er next week , I do n't know , quite know who will be , but er , Dominic 's taking er , a well needed rest .
11 It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control .
12 It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
13 It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly .
14 It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added .
15 Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic .
16 It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived .
17 It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement .
18 It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
19 Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) .
20 It had taken a long while , Harry thought as he glanced fondly at Cora-Beth , before he had got over Madeleine 's rejection of him and the shock of her marriage to Dunbar .
21 It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off .
22 Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class .
23 He had taken a longer walk than he intended and by the time he returned to the coast road at Newlyn it was quite dark .
24 Some of you er you know it 's taken a long time to get this message over .
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